I need a quick help with image editing zoom scroll down effect

Sergeys777 · **Joined:** Nov 04, 2025 **Posts:** 8

GIMP Version: 2.8.14
Operating System: Windows
OS Version: Win 11
GIMP Experience: New User

Hi.

I need a quick help with canva, gimp, capcut or something free.

So i have a picture with a text made up ( half of a4 format ), what i want is to create a zoom effect to the beginning of a text and with time this zoom effect scroll down to a middle and end section of my whole text.

Somebody with experience could help me.

If can apreciate alot!

Wallace · **Posted:** Wed Nov 05, 2025 5:48 am **(#2)**

In GIMP 2.8.14 you could duplicate your text layer several times,
and on each copy use Scale (for zoom)
and Move (to scroll down) a bit more than the last.

Rename each layer like Frame 1 (100ms), Frame 2 (100ms), etc.,
then preview via Filters → Animation → Playback,
and export as an animated .GIF (File → Export As → GIF → As animation).

Sergeys777 · **Joined:** Nov 04, 2025 **Posts:** 8

Wallace wrote:

In GIMP 2.8.14 you could duplicate your text layer several times,
and on each copy use Scale (for zoom)
and Move (to scroll down) a bit more than the last.

Rename each layer like Frame 1 (100ms), Frame 2 (100ms), etc.,
then preview via Filters → Animation → Playback,
and export as an animated .GIF (File → Export As → GIF → As animation).

Check pm.

Wallace · **Posted:** Fri Nov 07, 2025 10:16 am **(#4)**

Sergeys777 wrote:

Wallace wrote:

[align=center]In GIMP 2.8.14 you could duplicate your text layer several times,
and on each copy use Scale (for zoom)
and Move (to scroll down) a bit more than the last.

Rename each layer like Frame 1 (100ms), Frame 2 (100ms), etc.,
then preview via Filters → Animation → Playback,
and export as an animated .GIF (File → Export As → GIF → As animation).

Check pm.

Please post any resources or references you might have and also provide more detail,
so that others within the forum might be able to assist you.

Sergeys777 · **Joined:** Nov 04, 2025 **Posts:** 8

Wallace wrote:

Sergeys777 wrote:

Wallace wrote:

[align=center]In GIMP 2.8.14 you could duplicate your text layer several times,
and on each copy use Scale (for zoom)
and Move (to scroll down) a bit more than the last.

Rename each layer like Frame 1 (100ms), Frame 2 (100ms), etc.,
then preview via Filters → Animation → Playback,
and export as an animated .GIF (File → Export As → GIF → As animation).

Check pm.

Please post any resources or references you might have and also provide more detail,
so that others within the forum might be able to assist you.

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16173

Not sure if there is a 3rd party plugin to create an animation like this. Possibly it could be done with Gimps Animation Package ( GAP ).
You can get it for Gimp-2.7 (should work in Gimp-2.8 and Gimp-2.10 versions as well), here...

https://www.gimp-forum.net/Thread-Insta ... -Gimp-2-10

Or straight from my (wacmaster), onkelhatti, and Photo Comics website (free gimp packagers), here
https://sourceforge.net/projects/gimp-p ... z/download

You will find a tutorial on installing GAP and creating a GIF animation here
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=do ... &FORM=VIRE

There could be a tutorial for a zoom animation on YouTube somewhere.

This is basically a magnification effect correct?

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16173

This animated text tutorial may possibly give you some ideas as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkX18lqXjYw

rich2005 · **Joined:** Mar 04, 2011 **Posts:** 2615

I would not expect much from gimp-animation-plugin (GAP) it is very old and not much works with Gimp 2.10

The initial proposal is a bit strange and and I am not 100% understanding.

A4 size image - way too big for an animation
The text area fills most of the width. Not much scope for zooming in.

However, not Gimp but using ImageMagick with a command like this

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magick page.png -distort SRT '360,200  1.20  0 '  +repage 5.png
magick page.png -distort SRT 'mid-page,y-offset  zoom factor  angle '  +repage out.png

And with a suitable script to generate images then into Gimp for an edit and animation.

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Sergeys777 · **Joined:** Nov 04, 2025 **Posts:** 8

rich2005 wrote:

I would not expect much from gimp-animation-plugin (GAP) it is very old and not much works with Gimp 2.10

The initial proposal is a bit strange and and I am not 100% understanding.

A4 size image - way too big for an animation
The text area fills most of the width. Not much scope for zooming in.

However, not Gimp but using ImageMagick with a command like this

Code: Select all

 
magick page.png -distort SRT '360,200  1.20  0 '  +repage 5.png
magick page.png -distort SRT 'mid-page,y-offset  zoom factor  angle '  +repage out.png

And with a suitable script to generate images then into Gimp for an edit and animation.

Attachment:

1.gif

Hmm i like your attachment. Can u do the text like appearing from the very bottom to up to fill the whole window to end?

rich2005 · **Joined:** Mar 04, 2011 **Posts:** 2615

Sergeys777 wrote:

....snip... Can u do the text like appearing from the very bottom to up to fill the whole window to end?

That is scrolling up and you cannot scroll some text that does not exist into a canvas. You need to edit your image with a blank area on top of the text. This is a A4 landscape @100 ppi double height. A bit like your diagram, a moving window using ImageMagick.

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page.jpg [ 316.97 KiB | Viewed 2481 times ]

Code: Select all

magick page.png -crop width x height +x+y +repage out.png

I use linux - you need a Windows user for MS format - just for info, in a script.

Code: Select all

#!/bin/bash
count=0
until [ $count -gt 830 ]
do
    echo "$count"
    magick page.png -crop 1169x827+0+$count +repage $count.png
    count=$(( $count  + 40 ))
done

Any document as yours makes a monster file size. Even as a tiny animated gif this still 1 MB.

Attachment:

ani01.gif [ 1.08 MiB | Viewed 2481 times ]

The best place for imagemagick question is their forum https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/discussions

Sergeys777 · **Joined:** Nov 04, 2025 **Posts:** 8

Can you guide me step by step to make an animation ?

Sergeys777 · **Joined:** Nov 04, 2025 **Posts:** 8

rich2005 wrote:

Sergeys777 wrote:

....snip... Can u do the text like appearing from the very bottom to up to fill the whole window to end?

That is scrolling up and you cannot scroll some text that does not exist into a canvas. You need to edit your image with a blank area on top of the text. This is a A4 landscape @100 ppi double height. A bit like your diagram, a moving window using ImageMagick.

Attachment:

page.jpg

Code: Select all

magick page.png -crop width x height +x+y +repage out.png

I use linux - you need a Windows user for MS format - just for info, in a script.

Code: Select all

#!/bin/bash
count=0
until [ $count -gt 830 ]
do
    echo "$count"
    magick page.png -crop 1169x827+0+$count +repage $count.png
    count=$(( $count  + 40 ))
done

Any document as yours makes a monster file size. Even as a tiny animated gif this still 1 MB.

Attachment:

ani01.gif

The best place for imagemagick question is their forum https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/discussions

Can you guide me step by step to make an animation ?

rich2005 · **Joined:** Mar 04, 2011 **Posts:** 2615

Do I detect a bit of desperation ? Not able to use ImageMagick ?

Well, a Gimp 3 solution that is only slightly automated, uses the scrollup.scm script-fu attached.

Put that in your Gimp 3 scripts folder C:\Users\"yourname"\AppData\Roaming\GIMP\3.0\scripts

This uses the Gimp offset function.

works like this: about 5 minutes https://youtu.be/vx9WCxju6BQ

Sergeys777 · **Joined:** Nov 04, 2025 **Posts:** 8

rich2005 wrote:

Do I detect a bit of desperation ? Not able to use ImageMagick ?

Well, a Gimp 3 solution that is only slightly automated, uses the scrollup.scm script-fu attached.

Put that in your Gimp 3 scripts folder C:\Users\"yourname"\AppData\Roaming\GIMP\3.0\scripts

This uses the Gimp offset function.

works like this: about 5 minutes https://youtu.be/vx9WCxju6BQ

Alright thanks. Might be trying this out later. Rn i figured it out with other tool. Peace.

rich2005 · **Joined:** Mar 04, 2011 **Posts:** 2615

Sergeys777 wrote:

Alright thanks. Might be trying this out later. Rn i figured it out with other tool. Peace.

Oh Well, guess I was wasting my time then

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Sergeys777 · **Joined:** Nov 04, 2025 **Posts:** 8

rich2005 wrote:

Sergeys777 wrote:

Alright thanks. Might be trying this out later. Rn i figured it out with other tool. Peace.

Oh Well, guess I was wasting my time then

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Might be not. Some other people might get something from it. Also i might try something else to later.