Yup that worked. Now where is that "face-palm" emoticon.

okay

Phew! Just seen your 'nice girl' image A big relief for me.
But I welcome your feedback.
Here is another metallic texted image with the accompanying dialog settings.
I did it earlier so I might as well use it.

I also set the max limit of roundness to 6, greater values cause bad results

Glad you are having fun Dinasset...
The word that comes to my mind to describe the roundedness factor at high levels is 'weird'.
It is very dependant on the weight of the current font.

I found that what was unrecognisable on a standard font weight at setting 10 was fairly recognisable on a bold version of the same font.

At least the option is there to use the value that best suits your intended effect.

'python-layer-fx-bevel-emboss'

LayerFX py version creates issues with other plugins and scripts.

Normally it is the layer FX-2. 8.py for layer groups that causes issues with other filters. It also gives issues when any of its functionality is called from another scm filter. That is why my scm filters call pdb functionality from layerfx.py instead. The other version for groups is buggy.

To Rod and Mahvin:

Thanks for that information - very useful to know.
Interestingly when I began work on the translucent texts I did not use that bevel filter, but added it at some point later.
I will dig around in my collection of earlier stuff and see what I can re-work.
Can't remember exactly why I discarded the first ideas now in favour of the bevel filter - probably, but not neccesarily, because it gave a better effect.

Ho - hum!

My advice is to use the PDB functions from the layerfx.py filter in your plug-ins folder and toss the one you have.
layerfx.py can be downloaded here. http://gimpscripts.com/2011/10/gimp-layer-effects/
Be sure and grab the layerfx.py and NOT the layerfx.2.8.py module.

Skinnyhouse if you already have layerfx.py in your plug-ins folder then i advise anyone using your filter to switch to it also. And you should request that in the script first post when you release it.

But to each his own.

I love all these new filters our script coders have given us lately! All kinds of new toys! It is like Christmas in September.

And you are the reason we do.

I get these errors when running the metallic text script:




What am I doing wrong?

To MackenzieH:

Hi there MackenzieH
I am currently in the process of reworking the TextFX py plugins to remove various problems - like the one you have experienced. Errors can be flagged up when using the text scripts more than once on the same image - or if the active layer is reordered in before re-applying the filter. The only work-around that I can suggest for the time being is to use the undo History dialog in Gimp and return to your base image before re-applying. Hopefully I will have an update asap.