I have an image.
I want to put another layer on top - say white or black.
On top of this layer, I want to put text.

What's the best way of doing this?

I thought it would be simple.
But I'm struggling.
I've started by created a new image. Then color the background. Then copy and past onto the image. And then add text on top.

I seem to be going wrong. I'm struggling to resize the layer or cut a bottom or top part off.

Hoping someone can point me in the right direction.

Thanks.

Last night i had a dream, and there was a very vivid image in the dream of a tree with a huge beating heart in the middle of it and the limbs of the tree's were transparent so that you could see blood pumping through them.  Could i make this image with gimp?  I've used it before for logo's etc, but never for something this detailed.  Is there something (a book or video?) that you could suggest that would give the skills to be able to do this?  This was such a powerful dream, i have to create this image.

Hello,
I've just downloaded Gimp 2.10.4 and the eraser acts like a paintbrush filling the image with colour.
I know there is a procedure for resolving this but I've forgotten it. Can someone please enlighten me,
                                                                                                                     Yours,
                                                                                                             Anthony Halligan

I want to have some white text on a transparent background so I can composite it into a different program with poor text support.
Whenever I try to do this with anti-aliasing on the text enabled, I get a green outline around the text for no apparent reason.
Please help and thanks in advance!

Information:
Using gimp 2.8.22
Font used in image is FreeSans, but the bug occurs with any font I use
Does not appear to happen if I use the brush tool
(It's difficult to see in the attached photo, but the area surrounding the text is transparent.)

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I ran Oilify (G'MIC) on a 8688x5792 image (with a new, powerful computer) and it took 25 minutes? Should something like that take as long?

Hello all

I downloaded a font that has NATO military map symbols, essentially like wingdings but for map markings, my problem is, that every time I type something into gimp when using the font, it shows up as a letter, everywhere else I use the font it shows up as the intended icon, help! attached is the font

I would like to learn how to add an outline effect to images and fonts as seen in the example -- not around each letter, but around the entire word, for a sticker-like effect.

Desired outline effect result:


Starting textual image:


Thank you in advance.

I use GIMP extensively, and it's the front end for printing with Turboprint. Lately, I've been doing canvas wraps, and these require mirrored edges.

I can do them manually, but that's very slow. I've looked for a GIMP tool, but can't find a match up for the process.

I've attached an example of one that was done by select/paste/transform on each edge.

Thanks for any shared experience

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I am new to Gimp 2.10 and have been watching many YouTube training videos but they are mainly on older versions! I am using Win 10 and was trying to put a border around a text. The videos basically showed select text and grow, fill new grown text with whatever color for border and place original text layer over this new slightly larger text layer.


I select text then  "Alpha to select", which puts a yellow/ant outline around text, go to Select--grow and get the grow dialog box. Try to add pix but nothing happening the the text out line is not expanding as the YouTube video shows. I also tried select--border but that did nothing ether. Tried on a different computer to make sure not problem with software, same on laptop.

Am I doing something wrong or is there a new way to do this.

Thanks  Bob

I'm new to Gimp, coming from Photoshop.

In Photoshop, you can place a guide in the exact center of two existing guides. How do I do that in gimp?