Editing the text in a photo

[njminchin]

First things first... how to I attach an image? I'm used to Discourse forums where you can just paste an image. I get an error if I try that here saying the POST received too much data...

Hi,

It's been a long time since I've tried to do this in Photoshop, and now in Gimp I'm even less competent!

I have this photo below that I want to replace the text in with a more appropriate one (Comic Sans MS, the worst font ever made).

How can I cover over the original text in the photo, while still keeping the texture of the label and the colour variations intact?

https://imgur.com/a/Zf3tcS4

Cheers!

[rich2005]

First thing to do is try and remove the text. Never easy to totally replicate a background. For this one which is fairly innocuous, the resynthesizer / heal selection plugins. Filters -> Enhance -> Heal Selection. No shortcuts. Carefully select each letter paying attention to the size of the margins. Took a couple of minutes: screenshot https://i.imgur.com/VxOwuf8.jpg

(Do not have resythesizer for Windows ?  see: https://www.gimp-forum.net/Thread-Resynt...7#pid12687 )

Then add the text. I put a little curve on to match the bottle using the old curve-bend filter Filters -> Distorts -> Curve-Bend  but optional since the other text is flat. https://i.imgur.com/W5Q5xm5.jpg

Adding some texture ? To be honest not much there to add (unless you count the horrible jpeg edge artifacts) Use the text layer as a selection Layer -> Transparency -> Alpha-to-Selection , copy from the base layer, paste as a layer over the text, into linear burn mode, reduce opacity. Onto the text layer and a final reduce opacity to match the rest of the label.

   

Edit: Attach an image ? see: https://www.gimp-forum.net/misc.php?action=help&hid=11 Although there are file size restrictions and number of attachment limits.

[Blighty]

With a plain image like this it is often easier to re-create from scratch instead of editing the existing image.

In the image below the curve was done with
Filters > Map > Map object
(There is a learning curve to use this filter)