Help with "bending" text

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(02-23-2022, 07:32 PM)golo291 Wrote: Hello

I am trying to edit a label

I failed to find a option to bend the letters in a way that it looks realistic, on this (already) bend label/sticker.

I have tried the filter>distorts>bend-option but this destroys the proportions / height of the letters to badly.

I hope anyone has a good solution

i have made a screenshot to show my issue a little better:


image: https://i.ibb.co/pZgDS4C/gimp-question.jpg


thanks !

For this you really want to use Filters ➤ Map ➤ Map object and map to a cylinder. You start with a text flipped left right:

   

And then map it to a cylinder that you rotate vertically 180° around its vertical axis (you see your label "through the bottle"). The text (and its background) don't cover the full width of the layer because the layer is wrapped around the cylinder (in other words, each 1/360th of the layer is 1°).

   

The filter also lets you set up lighting to have the adequate shadows.