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Help with modifying a text letter - chrisj - 02-15-2017
Hi,
Thanks for putting up this Forum.
I have the text letter O in a layer(see attached), and I filled in the center almost completely (with pencil tool), but left a little unfilled, so it would look similar to a round head with a smile(see attached), however it looks kind of like a jagged smile.
Can you suggest a way to re-do so that the "smile" looks a little smoother (not so jagged)?
Thanks
RE: Help with modifying a text letter - rich2005 - 02-15-2017
Welcome to the forum.
What is missing from your description is the actual size of the image. A bit of pixel counting and I make that about 20 pix diameter.
This is one of those things where a dedicated icon editor might be easier than Gimp.
However, use your smallest brush, set the size down at 1 then nibble away swapping between paint brush and eraser tools. Not that easy with tiny images
Do not use the pencil tool, that produces hard edges.
[attachment=315]
attached my quick stab at it.
edit: I do not know if 'nibble away' makes much sense.
Using your tiniest brush and treating a pixel (group) you can vary the degree of transparency by the number of clicks. The brush will always be a little larger than the stated size, there is a border of 'anti-aliased' (semi transperent) pixels which create the smooth effect.
an example
[attachment=317]
RE: Help with modifying a text letter - Ofnuts - 02-15-2017
Another solution is to use paths:
- Create text layer and Layer>Text to path and start path editor
- Change the path
- Select>From path, add transparent layer, bucket-fill selection
Result in real size:
[attachment=319]