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Author: | MaxJet [ Sat May 11, 2013 8:12 pm ] |
Post subject: | Searching for a tutorial |
Hi I am new here so I hope this is the right topic. I am searching for a text tutorial for creating concentric rings with text etched into them. I have attached a photo of what I had created. This was over a year ago. Unfortunately I lost the tutorial I printed at the time so I am hoping someone here has seen or remembers the tutorial for creating this image. Any help would be appreciated. ![]() Regards Max |
Author: | Esper [ Sat May 11, 2013 8:32 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Searching for a tutorial |
putting text around a circle is not that difficult, there are a few tutorials on youtube but i dont know how to get it so perfect does the text need to make sense all the time ? also its much easier to achieve in Inkscape and the result will be better as well but i guess you want to do it in Gimp ? |
Author: | MaxJet [ Sat May 11, 2013 8:44 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Searching for a tutorial |
The text can be anything, even random letters. I have Inkscape on my computer but I have never used it. I have my original xcf files that I used to prepare it. I wonder if someone could construct a tutorial based on that? Unfortunately I'm a real noob at Gimp and can't remember how I did this image without written step by step instructions. |
Author: | Esper [ Sat May 11, 2013 8:54 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Searching for a tutorial |
01. create your canvas (a square would be good) 02. create guides, vertical and horizontical 03 draw a circle from the middle of the canvas where the guides cross 04 save circle as path 05 type your text 06 right click on your text in the layers-tab and choose text along path 07 if not perfect, undo and change textsize until you get what you want 08 go to paths tab, choose selection from path 09 fill text selection with colour 10 create new layer underneath text 11 make a circular selection from midpoint, bigger than your text 12 fill with colour 13 deselect and make another circular selection, this time smaller - hit delete to get your ringshape 14 repeat for for text tutorial for Inkscape: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwOYO9cAows |
Author: | Rod [ Sat May 11, 2013 8:57 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Searching for a tutorial |
File>Create>Logos>Text Circle ![]() Then just repeat and scale. There is a Concentric Script.Or maybe it is an offset script? I can't remember. ![]() I ran the Text Circle script with a radius of 300, then 200, and lastly 100 and copied each image into the first (Edit>Copy Visible -- Edit Paste.Then anchor it. |
Author: | Esper [ Sat May 11, 2013 8:59 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Searching for a tutorial |
yeah there is a text along path script by Ofnuts which is very good you can get it here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/gimp-pa ... s/scripts/ |
Author: | Rod [ Sat May 11, 2013 9:23 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Searching for a tutorial |
There is also path inbetweener by ofnuts. viewtopic.php?f=9&t=4568&hilit=concentric |
Author: | MaxJet [ Sat May 11, 2013 9:44 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Searching for a tutorial |
Thanks guys. I can now create the circular text. Anyone know how I get that etched text effect in the metal rings? All I know is beneath the metallic ring layer was another layer with the same text along the circular path, but the text was black on a white background. After that I don't know what to do. |
Author: | Esper [ Sat May 11, 2013 9:53 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Searching for a tutorial |
you could bump map your text into the rings just blur black text and then use it as the bump map on a grey background but when i look at your example, it looks more like there is only an outer shadow for the text and the rings are bump-mapped with noise, to achieve the texture-effect to get this effect, duplicate your text, make it black, blur by say 10, then alpha select your text and delete it form the black blurred text reduce opacity and change mode to Multiply or Grain Merge |
Author: | Rod [ Sat May 11, 2013 10:01 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Searching for a tutorial |
MaxJet wrote: Thanks guys. I can now create the circular text. Anyone know how I get that etched text effect in the metal rings? All I know is beneath the metallic ring layer was another layer with the same text along the circular path, but the text was black on a white background. After that I don't know what to do. You need to blur it , select the layer you want the emboss on, and use Filters>Map>Bump Map to create the embossed look. ![]() ![]() |
Author: | MaxJet [ Sat May 11, 2013 10:02 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Searching for a tutorial |
Great. Thanks Rod and Esper. ![]() |
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