ofnuts wrote:
In Gimp you can use the standard "Text-along-path" function in the text tool, but I wrote two plugins:
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ofn-text-along-path which is my own version of the standard text-along-path (more options, and doesn't distort characters)
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ofn-bend-path that makes your text fit between two curves (it can also be used with non-text paths)
You have to remember what mackenzieh wrote
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...The paths tool is too complicated to use
So she has problems with even the basic Gimp path tool. More advanced plugins are going to be an even greater hurdle.
No real way out of this other that learn the path tool basics, I find it easy , you find it easy, but some people do have difficulties.
There are work-arounds, for example (in linux, not sure about Windows) I can draw a path in Inkscape, then copy and paste into Gimp paths dialogue. Want some fancy text ? LibreOffice Draw has preset text effects, these can copy paste as bitmaps into Gimp. All sorts of alternatives.
However the best way is still get some understanding of how the path tool works. No shortcuts