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Author:  apollo [ Wed Aug 14, 2019 1:08 pm ]
Post subject:  how to place text exactly into the picture - is there any help?
GIMP Version: 2.8.14
Operating System: Windows
OS Version: WIN 7
GIMP Experience: New User


hello dear all,



i need your help - i just created some text-blocks on a photo.


Attachment:
File comment: see the file where i have added the text in a semi-clever way... it looks pretty awful
gibraltar2.xcf [637.13 KiB]
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Attachment:
File comment: see the file where i have added the text in a semi-clever way... it looks pretty awful
gibraltar2.xcf [637.13 KiB]
Downloaded 151 times



see the both files where i have placed the text inbetween the lines of the runway..... - in opposite to the other example...

question: how to place the text exactly inbetween the lines...

is there any help!?

Attachments:
File comment: file where i have placed the text inbetween the lines of the runway..... - in opposite to the other example...
gibraltar10.xcf [617.67 KiB]
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Author:  rich2005 [ Wed Aug 14, 2019 2:11 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: how to place text exactly into the picture - is there any help?
As a starter, something like this?

Attachment:
gibraltar2a.jpg
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I think it will be difficult to fit the text between the lines and still be legible. Unless you change the text. First thing is center the text, then adjust sizes.

This uses a plugin, ob-align.py that uses 2 paths see: viewtopic.php?f=23&t=12653

Takes a bit of practice so the attached xcf includes the text layer, the paths and the deformed text layer (text layer duplicated and then layer to image size) for you to play with.

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Author:  ofnuts [ Wed Aug 14, 2019 3:45 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: how to place text exactly into the picture - is there any help?
I think you want the perspective transform. But the farther away the smaller the text, so your top lines will always get too small to be legible.

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Perpsective.jpg
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(note how the sides of the transform are aligned to the road lines)
Author:  apollo [ Thu Aug 15, 2019 7:20 am ]
Post subject:  Re: how to place text exactly into the picture - is there any help?
hello dear Rich 2005, hello dear ofnuts many many thanks for the quick reply and for all those great and inspiring ideas.

i like your work very much and i am glad that you encourage me to go on. I never thought that we can do such things with this image and GIMP

especially the idea how the sides of the transform are aligned to the road lines are interesting: Ofnuts you have created some lines into the picture.

i want to learn how to approach this results - there are some options that formerly did not know.


Above all - many thanks for your reply and for all the ideas. You made my day!!

greetings Apollo
;)
Author:  ofnuts [ Thu Aug 15, 2019 3:03 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: how to place text exactly into the picture - is there any help?
I didn't create them, these are the lines from the perspective tool.
Author:  apollo [ Fri Aug 16, 2019 2:22 am ]
Post subject:  Re: how to place text exactly into the picture - is there any help?
thats fantastic - ofnuts youre great.

many many thanks
Author:  Nidhogg [ Fri Aug 16, 2019 5:13 am ]
Post subject:  Re: how to place text exactly into the picture - is there any help?
I'd say the biggest problem with perspective transform is the blurring and jagginess of the bottom lines if your text layer is small and you stretch it much up.
Solution? Work with a bigger text so that you can do the perspective transform using downscale.
Author:  mahvin [ Fri Aug 16, 2019 9:09 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: how to place text exactly into the picture - is there any help?
Simply use single layers of text, to have more control over how big or small it is.
Author:  apollo [ Sat Aug 17, 2019 2:34 am ]
Post subject:  Re: how to place text exactly into the picture - is there any help?
hello dear Nidhogg hello dear Malvin

many thanks for your reply. This is a very very interesting advice -

- to use single layer (Malvin) and to turn it big so that i do not have to stretch it much up (Nidhogg).

Your ideas and tipps help me to fix the issues with blurring and jagginess

Nidhogg:
Quote:
Solution? Work with a bigger text so that you can do the perspective transform using downscale.


many thanks - these tipps are very very important.

i am so glad to be here in this great community,

have a great day

yours apollo
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