(05-26-2018, 07:50 PM)Ricardo G. Manrique Wrote: Hello everyone,
I am new to Gimp. I have the version 2.10 installed in my Windows 10 PC.
My text, along a circle path, comes always Right to Left, so I can only place the text at the bottom of the circle only
[the videos on You Tube always shows "text along Path" from Left to Right and at the top portion of the circle]
The [modified] instructions i am following, from one of the videos on You Tube (version previous to Gimp 2.10) is as follows
1. Trace Circle & Type something
2. To path and Text along the path
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3. Layers > New Layer > Transparency > OK
4. Click Selection Layer Path > Click Flip Tool > Vertical
5. Type something >< Text along Path
6. Delete [horizontal] text layers on canvas
7. On Select Menu > None
8. Rotate both text - but one is always upside down!
I have reinstalled Gimp 2.10 a couple of times but the problem persist.
Thank you for your attn and time in helping me.
Ricardo
rgm2000@aol.com
Thank you rich2005,The 5 minutes Video make a solution to my problem and project me beyond my current knowledge.It seems to me that it is not really a bug, but the way Gimp 2.10 starts that then the direction of text must be change.Thank you so much for your prompt and accurate response.Ricardo
No good reinstalling Gimp over and over. Vary rarely the problem.
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An earlier thread on the issue https://www.gimp-forum.net/Thread-Text-A...86#pid8086
Thank you Ofnutes, rich2005 pointed to a video that was the solution to my problem: https://youtu.be/pukUIefS0xI Thank you very much for your help.Ricardo
Quote:Known bug in Gimp 2.10, the circle path is generated in the wrong direction. Possible workarounds:
1) create the circle path, then flip the image, then create the text. Flipping the image will reverse the circle path direction(*)
2) Get the ofn-path-edit script where a function can reverse the direction of a path
3) Get the ofn-path-to-shape script which will generate the circle path directly. In addition, you can control where the circle starts.
The ofn-* scripts are available here. You will also find there an ofn-text-along-path script that can do things better and more easily than the standard text-along-path function.
(*) If you can't do it again from almost scratch, you can do instead:
- Image>Duplicate
- Flip the duplicate image
- Open the Path list
- Drag the path from the duplicate image's path list to the canvas of the original image
This should add the reversed path to the initial image