12-03-2017, 05:51 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-03-2017, 05:52 PM by rich2005.
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I have no idea what those types are, presumably 'Durham' is straight sided. I would stick with those until you get to know the workings of Gimp.
For the latte mugs, You will almost certainly need to make your own template based on actual dimensions. 12/17 ounce? What is that in millilitres?
I did a template based on the one-and-only latte mug in the house, which might serve as a starter. Guessing it is a smaller size. This is based on A4 but is trimmed a little just in case your printer enforces margins and auto scales an image down.
It is a plain base layer and some paths to define the overall shape, a path for 'horizontal' text and an area for a graphic.
It shows up some of the difficulties of a conical object. Attached, give it a try. Print on paper before using expensive transfer stuff.
This shows the problem with text if you need it horizontal and the problem with any picture. Getting it vertical/horizontal.
![[Image: XUVcpJn.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/XUVcpJn.jpg)
Printed and wrapped around the mug.
The text is not bad. https://i.imgur.com/raRABcp.jpg An easy out is to rotate any text on an angle, then no-one knows if you are a bit off.
The picture, well verticals are reasonably vertical, but horizontals are way off. https://i.imgur.com/T3pwK8K.jpg
I would need to go back and deform the image and bend to a better shape.
What you need to know initially.
Text-to-path
Importing images as layers
Resizing, moving layers, rotating layers.
Path-to-selection for filling and for cropping.
best of luck
For the latte mugs, You will almost certainly need to make your own template based on actual dimensions. 12/17 ounce? What is that in millilitres?
I did a template based on the one-and-only latte mug in the house, which might serve as a starter. Guessing it is a smaller size. This is based on A4 but is trimmed a little just in case your printer enforces margins and auto scales an image down.
It is a plain base layer and some paths to define the overall shape, a path for 'horizontal' text and an area for a graphic.
It shows up some of the difficulties of a conical object. Attached, give it a try. Print on paper before using expensive transfer stuff.
This shows the problem with text if you need it horizontal and the problem with any picture. Getting it vertical/horizontal.
Printed and wrapped around the mug.
The text is not bad. https://i.imgur.com/raRABcp.jpg An easy out is to rotate any text on an angle, then no-one knows if you are a bit off.
The picture, well verticals are reasonably vertical, but horizontals are way off. https://i.imgur.com/T3pwK8K.jpg
I would need to go back and deform the image and bend to a better shape.
What you need to know initially.
Text-to-path
Importing images as layers
Resizing, moving layers, rotating layers.
Path-to-selection for filling and for cropping.
best of luck