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How Do I Copy and Paste the Text On The Image - zabd1805 - 05-14-2019

Hey, y'all. So, from this video game box art case cover, I have to copy the word "Trilogy" and paste it. Then I should rename "Remastered" as well. So that way, the same texts and colors I wanna keep them like that is to type it for myself. Do you know how to get into it?[Image: GUEST_b1289465-31ae-4cea-9804-c56bcbd3e9...0&fmt=webp]

RE: How Do I Copy and Paste the Text On The Image - akovia - 05-15-2019

(05-14-2019, 11:28 PM)zabd1805 Wrote: Hey, y'all. So, from this video game box art case cover, I have to copy the word "Trilogy" and paste it. Then I should rename "Remastered" as well. So that way, the same texts and colors I wanna keep them like that is to type it for myself. Do you know how to get into it?[Image: GUEST_b1289465-31ae-4cea-9804-c56bcbd3e9...0&fmt=webp]

What you need is to identify the font. Then you can match the color and type anything you want, wherever you want.

In short:
  • Find the largest/sharpest sample you can find. (This should work)
  • Isolate the text using gimp to create a sample to submit.
  • [attachment=2870]
  • Submit your sample to a font identification site. (Whatfontis, Whatthefont, ...)
  • Once you know the font you can use it if you have it, buy it if you do not, or use a free alternative that usually very close to the original.
  • Use the eyedropper tool to get the correct color to use for your font

Longer version here. I wrote this 5 years ago so some things are outdated, but all the concepts still hold true.

If all that seems too much to make it look exact, just pick a font from your system that is "close enough" and use it instead. Search the forums for heal selection to learn how to remove the text you want to remove.

RE: How Do I Copy and Paste the Text On The Image - zabd1805 - 05-15-2019

Thank you. I got now.