Text Along Path - Cannot Move Text With Move Tool

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Text Along Path - Cannot Move Text With Move Tool - AceMcHammer - 03-21-2019

So I went to this Youtube video to see how to create text along a path:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nHyKrJwsaE

The trouble is that after making the text along the path, by some glitch or misstep, sometime the text is not centered in the middle of the path. When it does this I figure I could just move the text and reorient the text to fix the placement issue. I cannot figure out how to move the text that has been fixed to a path. Here's an example of what I'm talking about. The top text came out centered for some reason. Good. But the bottom text was off center. When I right click on the bottom text layer, I chose "Add To Selection" and it looks like my path text is selected but I still cannot move the text with the move tool:

See how the word leather seems to be selected but there seems to be no way to move the text around the art space. Aside from moving the text left, right, up and down I would also want to free orient the text too to get it placed just right.

RE: Text Along Path - Cannot Move Text With Move Tool - Blighty - 03-21-2019

"Wild Rock" and "Leather" are paths. There is also a selection on "Leather".

The Move tool has three modes. Move: Layer, Selection, Path.
Set to Path to move the path.
Note: Rotating etc a path gives better results than doing the same to a selection. Use the path and do Path to Selection as late as possible.

Have a look at the Ofnuts text along path plug-in. It has several advantages over the version that comes standard with Gimp. It is available from here:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/gimp-path-tools/files/scripts/

RE: Text Along Path - Cannot Move Text With Move Tool - Ofnuts - 03-21-2019

(03-21-2019, 06:14 AM)Blighty Wrote: "Wild Rock" and "Leather" are paths. There is also a selection on "Leather".

The Move tool has three modes. Move: Layer, Selection, Path.
Set to Path to move the path.
Note: Rotating etc a path gives better results than doing the same to a selection. Use the path and do Path to Selection as late as possible.

Have a look at the Ofnuts text along path plug-in. It has several advantages over the version that comes standard with Gimp. It is available from here:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/gimp-path-tools/files/scripts/

See https://www.gimp-forum.net/Thread-ofn-text-along-path for some hints/examples

RE: Text Along Path - Cannot Move Text With Move Tool - AceMcHammer - 03-26-2019

Thanks yall

(03-21-2019, 08:05 AM)Ofnuts Wrote:
(03-21-2019, 06:14 AM)Blighty Wrote: "Wild Rock" and "Leather" are paths. There is also a selection on "Leather".

The Move tool has three modes. Move: Layer, Selection, Path.
Set to Path to move the path.
Note: Rotating etc a path gives better results than doing the same to a selection. Use the path and do Path to Selection as late as possible.

Have a look at the Ofnuts text along path plug-in. It has several advantages over the version that comes standard with Gimp. It is available from here:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/gimp-path-tools/files/scripts/

See https://www.gimp-forum.net/Thread-ofn-text-along-path for some hints/examples

Hate to be a pain in the arse, but what folder do I place the script file ofn-text-along-path.py ? I placed the script in the C:/Program Files/GIMP 2/Python/Lib folder and when I open gimp and make a path then right click on the path, the ofn-text-along-path option is not in the Tools sub menu according to the doc in the Zip file.

RE: Text Along Path - Cannot Move Text With Move Tool - Blighty - 03-27-2019

(03-26-2019, 09:56 PM)AceMcHammer Wrote: Hate to be a pain in the arse, but what folder do I place the script file ofn-text-along-path.py ? I placed the script in the C:/Program Files/GIMP 2/Python/Lib folder and when I open gimp and make a path then right click on the path, the ofn-text-along-path option is not in the Tools sub menu according to the doc in the Zip file.

For 2.8, the plug-in must go in
C:\Users\your-name\.gimp-2.8\plug-ins
(the location has changed for 2.10)

Restart Gimp

In the Paths Dialogue, right click on the path. Then Tools > Text along path

RE: Text Along Path - Cannot Move Text With Move Tool - AceMcHammer - 03-27-2019

(03-27-2019, 06:58 AM)Blighty Wrote:
(03-26-2019, 09:56 PM)AceMcHammer Wrote: Hate to be a pain in the arse, but what folder do I place the script file ofn-text-along-path.py ? I placed the script in the C:/Program Files/GIMP 2/Python/Lib folder and when I open gimp and make a path then right click on the path, the ofn-text-along-path option is not in the Tools sub menu according to the doc in the Zip file.

For 2.8, the plug-in must go in
C:\Users\your-name\.gimp-2.8\plug-ins
(the location has changed for 2.10)

Restart Gimp

In the Paths Dialogue, right click on the path. Then Tools > Text along path

Thanks dog

I made a visual aid for noobs--->