GIMP Version: 2.8.14
Operating System: Linux
GIMP Experience: Intermediate Level

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Some people are able to do whatever they want inside text. (see screenshots) (And they're not always gradients.) Can we do that in GIMP? Thanks.

Check this tutorial, Subject: Fall 2012



Here's a tutorial demonstrating more techniques, Simple Floating Logo

wtg

Thanks. I got a little bogged down. Couldn't find "Bevel and Emboss." (I found them separately though.) I'm not interested in the 3-D stuff. So that's the way to fill the text with a photo. How about the free-form texture stuff? More like Wallace did.

iggy: i think the "bevel and emboss" mentioned in that tutorial is from a separately downloaded script or plug-in called layer effects, so you won't find it in your gimp unless you've got that installed. you can make all the basic effects you need without downloading anything extra, though, you just need to go through some tutorials first to understand how - you could start with this: http://gimpchat.com/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=6234#p77413

re the textured text that wallace posted: you just do it the same way you would with a photo. you open the texture as a new layer, make a text layer to use as the base for a selection and then either invert selection and delete or make a layer mask based on the selection. if you save selection as path you can add stroked outlines afterwards. i think wallace also used a gimp default drop shadow on the text, which you can find under "filters -> light and shadows -> drop shadow".

if you want to make your own textures it's more complicated of course, and it's not something you explain in a single post. i recommend that you start by looking through the tutorials section here for nice effects and basic tutorials - there's heaps of good stuff there that you could use on ebook covers. if you find a tutorial youu want to try and get stuck doing it you can always make a post about it in that tutorial thread or in a new topic and there is bound to be someone in here who can help you on .

The topic AnMal referenced uses layer masks and that is basic Gimp. That you do need to know about. Scripts are great but not always.



Start here and work through the following pages

http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-layer-mask-menu.html

Thanks AnMal. I looked at that post and it's amazing. Thing is chances are I would not be needing anything so fancy. Maybe the texture (in the text) and some outlining or dropshadowing of the text. I clearly have a lot to learn, and I'm in this position of wanting to learn it all and yet being impatient to start applying it! Like I could barely find the "path" icon and needless to say I don't know how to save as path. But I'm working on it. Thanks!

Thanks Rich. Ugh, I feel like I'm back in school! (But it looks good.)