Thanks O. I just wanted more control over each area so I just used a series of dups, selections, shrink and cuts to separate them. Guess I could have done it like t said with paths but it seem easier, at least for me, to do it this way.

Mr. Biggz - O is right, I just painted them on two separate layers but I did alpha to selection on the colored text layer before I started so I wouldn't "paint outside the lines". that would be naughty. LOL

You can also lock the transparency on them and that works. The gradients I put in the text are on a separate layer and not part of the black stroke.

Now I just learned something. Never used or even knew about the lock transparency button! I had to go look. I guess this blind hog can find an acorn once in a while. LOL

This little program works excellent for changing image colors into Gimp gradient files.(GGR Files).
http://registry.gimp.org/node/25571 - download version 9 it's the latest.

Welcome to Gimp Chat by the way.

If you really want to get fancy, there is a PS tut for liquid filled text that is much better looking than a similar one I've seen done for gimp. Here's the url and a sample pic.

http://www.webresourcesfact.com/2011/03 ... oshop.html

I threw together something really fast. The only real difference is I used masks, and my bevel's color is driven by the underlaying text's color.

Another useful script would be my Sample Gradient Along a Path script

You can very quickly use the pen tool to mark where you want to extract a gradient from, i.e. in the middle of the source text, and then use this gradient elsewhere.

(It is also great for sampling sky gradients to paint out objects like powerlines.)

-Rob A>

Thanks for the warm welcome! This place is awesome but like I said in my first post I am but a padawan with the gimp. Sure I have used script-fu and tiny-fu to produce some cool logos over the years but this one is out of my reach.

I am in over my head... Drac I have 4 words that need that effect done to them. I have looked all over the place for the correct font to pull it off.

I found this one...
http://www.urbanfonts.com/fonts/DBXL_Nightfever.htm

I think it might work because the center of all the letters is pretty even. There seems to be enough room to put the mountains in the crossbars of some of the letters like the "A G & R".

Anyway and I am not sure if this is against the rules but how much would you charge me to make this logo?

Thanks guys for all of your posts.

@Billy FYI - The font looks like a modified version of Gill Sans Ultra Bold Condensed

-Rob A>

[offtopic] In many situations, locking the alpha is preferable. For example, when using Alpha To Selection on text, the resulting selection will be anti-aliased; in other words, the edges will only be partially selected and so when you paint over them, they are only partially painted.

The following screenshot shows a black letter being bucket filled with yellow. On the left, Alpha to Selection was used whereas on the right the layer's alpha was locked (no selection).

That's a good example of why locking the alpha channel is so valuable when you are changing colors. It's the easiest and quickest way to do it.

And you can use the selection tools to isolate different regions/letters to color each one differently.

Billy - To answer your question regarding price... would you consider letting me do it for say....zip, zilch, nada, nothing or perhaps even free? Heck, I'll even do it for grins. Send me a PM and describe specifically what you want, size, colors, etc., and I'll see what I can do.

Saulgoode - Thanks,That's good information to know. I have notice some anomalous results recently from doing it the other way.

Seems what is really needed here is the ability to select a slice of an image and save it as a .ggr from within Gimp (no matter what OS platform you happen to be using), perhaps with a scheme or python script/plug-in.

Where's the file definition for GIMP gradients?

'tsalready been done.

Well, dang. How in the heck did I miss that?