05-07-2021, 08:23 AM
(05-06-2021, 02:10 PM)halotaco Wrote:(05-06-2021, 01:53 PM)Ofnuts Wrote: Filling/stroking the path is a regular paint operation. As such it works with the bounds of the current layer. If you are playing with a text layer, it is a somewhat tight fit around the text to if you bend things bits of your path will lay outside the text layer and won't be painted. It is usually best to create a new layer to render the path. This leaves your text layer intact (and keep the text information such as font, size, etc..)(just make the text layer invisible).
If you work with text paths may I recommend:
- https://www.gimp-forum.net/Thread-ofn-text-along-path
- https://www.gimp-forum.net/Thread-ofn-bend-path
- https://www.gimp-forum.net/Thread-ofn-path-edits
- https://www.gimp-forum.net/Thread-ofn-text-path-selection
Thank you very much for this. I will do some reading to see how to make these work. On a similar note - I am also working with the path-waves script. Thank you for your efforts. Now I just need to figure them out.
(05-06-2021, 01:53 PM)Ofnuts Wrote: Filling/stroking the path is a regular paint operation. As such it works with the bounds of the current layer. If you are playing with a text layer, it is a somewhat tight fit around the text to if you bend things bits of your path will lay outside the text layer and won't be painted. It is usually best to create a new layer to render the path. This leaves your text layer intact (and keep the text information such as font, size, etc..)(just make the text layer invisible).
If you work with text paths may I recommend:
- https://www.gimp-forum.net/Thread-ofn-text-along-path
- https://www.gimp-forum.net/Thread-ofn-bend-path
- https://www.gimp-forum.net/Thread-ofn-path-edits
- https://www.gimp-forum.net/Thread-ofn-text-path-selection
Hi, I have installed the text-along-path script and got it working. This is fantastic - thank you very much. I am getting the hang of it.
I have been looking through the doc (again thank you) and playing with some of the features/options. This may be a dumb question, but is there a way to edit something (bring the dialog box back up) for something already created or do I need to delete it and start over start over?
Does your recommendation for doing this on a new layer apply to this as well?
Yes you have to redo, you can' t edit the previous result.
Usually, the more layers, the better, it always help to have independent things in the long run.