More text art

Ana · **Joined:** Jul 08, 2011 **Posts:** 285

Nice work Rod.Like it

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Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16169

Pretty big!
Thanks Ana.

Draconian · **Posted:** Sun Nov 06, 2011 8:20 am **(#4)**

Looks pretty cool Rod. When you started this post it piqued my interest in finding a script for creating topography like the ones below but it turned out to be something entirely different. Does anyone know how to do this type of array with say 10 to 20 words? It's the randomness I'm looking for, with both size and positioning options.

2-ton · **Posted:** Sun Nov 06, 2011 8:53 am **(#5)**

What I would love to have it a script to generate that kind of topography AND use that output in Rod's script.

lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12844

Lot's of ways to do this. Look at this thread (read all the entries; several online sites were mentioned) at RetouchPRO Drac (may not see all the pictures, but the link to the various programs are workable. Also, Rod, I believe, mentioned Textaizer recently; well these guys also create a program called Wordaizer that does these word clouds.

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16169

There is also a python script by bytes and pixels that does word art in random size and patterns, but you would have to move them to the different degrees you want.
http://registry.gimp.org/node/24974 - looks like their site may be down due to MySQL problems though.

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16169

I attached the wordart zip file.
This is python so you need python support to run it.By the way i could never get this to run in Gimp-2.7 versions so if you can PLEASE tell me how!

Thanks.

Another small note of advice - DO NOT use all your fonts at once or you will be waiting a very, very long time for your image.Actually you will probably crash Gimp altogether.

Attachment:

b&p_word_art_01_v1.0.zip [10.2 KiB]
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Draconian · **Posted:** Sun Nov 06, 2011 5:46 pm **(#9)**

Thanks guys, I'll check out the sites and give the python script a try and let you know if It works form my purposes. Even if it doesn't, always nice to have new toys to play with. Manly toys of course.

Draconian · **Posted:** Sun Nov 06, 2011 10:04 pm **(#10)**

Yo Rod. I installed the word art plug-in and need to know where it shows up. I looked in the plug-in browser under help and it returned a "no matches" result.

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16169

Sorry, i changed the location in the code.

In lines 1462 to the end you will find this code

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#---------------------------------------------------------------------
register(
    "Word_Art",
    N_("Create a poster art from text strings"),
    "Create a random poster art from text strings - b&p_word_art_01_v1.0.py",
    "Andrei Roslovtsev",
    "www.bytes-and-pixels.com",
    "2011",
    N_("_Word Art"),
    #"RGB*, GRAY*",
    "",
    [
        (PF_SPINNER, "img_w", "Image Width:", 640, (1, 20000, 1)),
        (PF_SPINNER, "img_h", "Image Height:", 480, (1, 20000, 1)),
        (PF_OPTION,"fonts",   "Font Range:", 0, ["All fonts","Limited fonts"]),
        (PF_SPINNER, "l_limit", "Lower Limit:", 0,(1,2000,1)),
        (PF_SPINNER, "u_limit", "Upper Limit:", 0,(1,2000,1)),
        (PF_OPTION,"iterations", "Iterations:", 0, ["Font number","Custom"]),
        (PF_SPINNER, "custom", "Custom:", 0,(0,2000,1)),
        (PF_COLOR, "bg_col", "Background Color:", (250, 250, 250) ),
        (PF_COLOR, "base_tc", "Base Text Color:", (140, 155, 175) ),
        (PF_SLIDER, "tc_var", "Text color variation:", 50, (0, 255, 1)),
        (PF_SPINNER, "base_ts", "Base Text Size (px):", 24, (1, 2000, 1)),
        (PF_SLIDER, "ts_var", "Text size variation (px):", 100, (0, 1000, 1)),
        (PF_SLIDER, "tr_var", "Text rotation variation (degrees):", 10, (0, 180, 1)),
        (PF_SPINNER, "base_to", "Base Text Opacity (%):", 80, (1, 100, 1)),
        (PF_SLIDER, "to_var", "Text opacity variation (%):", 20, (0, 100, 1)),
        (PF_OPTION,"txt_mode",   "Text Options:", 1, ["Font names","User input"]),
        (PF_TEXT, "in_text", "Text:", "Python\nGimp\nPyGTK\nCool Plugins"),
        (PF_SPINNER, "seed", "Random Seed:", 1000, (1, 2000, 1)),
        (PF_TOGGLE, "flatten_flag", "Flatten Image", 0)
    ],
    [],
    make_poster,
    #menu="<Image>/File/Create/Buttons",
    menu="<Image>/Filters/Web Page Themes/www.bytes-and-pixels.com",
    domain=("gimp20-python", gimp.locale_directory)
    )

main()

This line tells you where to find the menu item

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menu="<Image>/Filters/Web Page Themes/www.bytes-and-pixels.com",

Hope that helps.

Draconian · **Posted:** Mon Nov 07, 2011 5:47 pm **(#12)**

OK, thanks Rod. I never remember to look in file create.

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16169

It's not there.

It's in Filters>Web Page Themes>www.bytes-and-pixels.com

The one location you refer to i commented out.

2-ton · **Posted:** Tue Nov 08, 2011 4:08 pm **(#14)**

I can't find it...but then I can't find most of my py files...for some reason, even though they are in my py folder, they do not show up in any menus. Someone with mac knowledge might know why.

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16169

2-ton wrote:

I can't find it...but then I can't find most of my py files...for some reason, even though they are in my py folder, they do not show up in any menus. Someone with mac knowledge might know why.

Probably the same thing i get when i try to run it in Gimp-2.7 versions.It doesn't show up anywhere for some reason.

Odinbc · **Posted:** Mon Jul 16, 2012 6:42 pm **(#16)**

I tried the S and P plugin, it's OK.

Lyle wrote:

Also, Rod, I believe, mentioned Textaizer recently; well these guys also create a program called Wordaizer that does these word clouds.

I like the way the Wordaizer program works.

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16169

That looks really nice Odin.

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16169

I like the new version.

Odinbc · **Posted:** Tue Jul 17, 2012 11:42 am **(#19)**

Cool, Rod!
The Wordaizer options are impressive.

Bug Sampson · **Joined:** Jul 14, 2012 **Posts:** 162

The OP is really great Rod. It makes me think of velvet paintings and for some reason, biblical. I started on at least a couple tutorials to do something like this but found them too incomplete to continue.