Manipulating Text

[Andrea-87]

I keep hoping GIMP will be easier to use than Photoshop but so far...
not so much!  I want to add text to an image and then move it and/or
free rotate it for effect.  I did it once using an older version of
GIMP and when I tried again, I couldn't do it.  Now with newer version
(2.4.4) I still can't figure out how to grab text and do things with
it.  Help?

[Tor Lillqvist]

On 17/02/2008, Andrea <eyre23097@...> wrote:
> I keep hoping GIMP will be easier to use than Photoshop but so far...
>  not so much!

Neither is easy to learn. Both require understanding what you are
doing, and understanding concepts like layers. If you already know
either of them well, the other one will feel "more difficult" and
"less intuitive".

>  I want to add text to an image and then move it and/or
>  free rotate it for effect.  I did it once using an older version of
>  GIMP and when I tried again, I couldn't do it.  Now with newer version
>  (2.4.4) I still can't figure out how to grab text and do things with
>  it.  Help?

To be able to "grab text", the text must be on a separate layer in the
first place. If you already have saved the image in a format like JPEG
or PNG, it is just one layer, and "grabbing text" won't really be an
option. Please tell us more what exactly you have tried.

--tml

[Andrea-87]

I open my background image as the base layer then I create a new
layer for my text.  There is no "pick" tool where I can just grab
anything (I wish I could remember how I did it the one time it worked
with the old version).  I enter text and then I want to move it but I
have no way of doing that.  None of the select tools seem to work.

Andrea

--- In gimpwin-users@..., "Tor Lillqvist" <tml@...> wrote:
>
> On 17/02/2008, Andrea <eyre23097@...> wrote:
> > I keep hoping GIMP will be easier to use than Photoshop but so
far...
> >  not so much!
>
> Neither is easy to learn. Both require understanding what you are
> doing, and understanding concepts like layers. If you already know
> either of them well, the other one will feel "more difficult" and
> "less intuitive".
>
> >  I want to add text to an image and then move it and/or
> >  free rotate it for effect.  I did it once using an older version
of
> >  GIMP and when I tried again, I couldn't do it.  Now with newer
version
> >  (2.4.4) I still can't figure out how to grab text and do things
with
> >  it.  Help?
>
> To be able to "grab text", the text must be on a separate layer in
the
> first place. If you already have saved the image in a format like
JPEG
> or PNG, it is just one layer, and "grabbing text" won't really be an
> option. Please tell us more what exactly you have tried.
>
> --tml
>

[Greg-123]

--- Andrea <eyre23097@...> wrote:
> I keep hoping GIMP will be easier to use than Photoshop but so far...
> not so much!  I want to add text to an image and then move it and/or
> free rotate it for effect.  I did it once using an older version of
> GIMP and when I tried again, I couldn't do it.  Now with newer
> version (2.4.4) I still can't figure out how to grab text and do
> things with it.  Help?

When you create text, it's automatically assigned its own layer.  At
this point you simply it around like any other layer.  To rotate it,
use the Layer->Transform menu and select one of the Rotate items.

Hope that helps.


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[Jacob Boerema]

On 18 Feb 2008 at 2:54, Andrea wrote:

> I open my background image as the base layer then I create a new
> layer for my text.  There is no "pick" tool where I can just grab
> anything (I wish I could remember how I did it the one time it worked
> with the old version).  I enter text and then I want to move it but I
> have no way of doing that.  None of the select tools seem to work.

Make the text the active layer.
Select the move tool (the cross symbol, shortcut: m). You may also have to
set it to move the active layer and then move it around.


Groeten,

Jacob Boerema
http://www.jacobboerema.nl/ (genealogie en bronbewerkingen)
http://www.jacobboerema.nl/Transcript/Freeware.htm (Transcript 2.2)