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 Post subject: Another way of using text as art
PostPosted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 8:34 pm  (#1) 
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This looks interesting. I didn't make it but I'm going to explore ways to do it. I think paths may be the answer.

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or one like this using dingbats.

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 Post subject: Re: Another way of using text as art
PostPosted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 9:18 pm  (#2) 
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Would be cool; not sure how easy it would be to create these though O. Hope to see the result of your quest soon. :)

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 Post subject: Re: Another way of using text as art
PostPosted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 11:43 pm  (#3) 
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Word Art is close but not quite there

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Offnuts with random elypses gave the option to overlap or not Word Art doesn't, maybe it should could.

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 Post subject: Re: Another way of using text as art
PostPosted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 11:46 pm  (#4) 
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Hey Graechan! Even it it's not like the example, your results are totally cool. I like what you've done.

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 12:06 am  (#5) 
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It was a Qickie Could be made better I'm sure here is the link


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 Post subject: Re: Another way of using text as art
PostPosted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 12:29 am  (#6) 
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Interesting plug-in. The first time I tried it I didn't realize that it was going for all of my fonts - I have 700+ in my fonts folder. I had to crash and burn it or I'd be here all night while it worked on them.

Have been playing with it. Kind of cool the way it works. Thanks for the link, Graechan.

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 Post subject: Re: Another way of using text as art
PostPosted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 12:38 am  (#7) 
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Is this close? Maybe?

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I did this here -> http://www.tagxedo.com/app.html

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 Post subject: Re: Another way of using text as art
PostPosted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 12:44 am  (#8) 
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MrBiggz, that's nice!

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 Post subject: Re: Another way of using text as art
PostPosted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 7:51 pm  (#9) 
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Very cool O. What of you made the letters into the color of the tree and stump? You could even make an occasional letter the color of a light! This is so neat!


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 Post subject: Re: Another way of using text as art
PostPosted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 9:58 pm  (#10) 
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The word art plugin is something i use a lot. :)
It would work excellently for this kind of cloud art. You just need to do a little extra work arranging the words.
What i did here..
Created the original art layers by using 25 different font faces. (image settings below)
Then i just ran the plugin and arranged the words to form a shape.
Then if you wish you can merge the whole thing and Colors>Colorize it or use a pattern overlay.

Here are my settings for the filter-

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You will need to arrange them into your own shape.An excellent script for this is Ofnuts "autocrop all linked layers.py" script. You can autocrop all layers at once for easier rotation.I attached it as well as the wordart python filter..I have the Word Art filter open from Filters>Word Art>Word Art - you can change this if you wish.recommend keeping it the way it is.The Autocrop all layers can be found at Image>Autocrop all linked layers.

After i ran the plugin i placed all the text to the left and widened/scaled up the Image>Canvas size by 50%.This gave me a canvas to work on where there was no clutter. :)
HINT - It's easiest to arrange the words by layer order (Top to Bottom)
You will need to use curve bend -Filters>Distorts>Curve Bend
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Attachments - place both in your plug-ins folder
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autocrop-wordart.zip [22.7 KiB]
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 Post subject: Re: Another way of using text as art
PostPosted: Sun Dec 11, 2011 8:14 pm  (#11) 
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Rod this is an impressive result and uses techniques that are sound I hope to see more Art from others

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