[ale] GIMP

[Christopher R. Curzio]

No need to create a new layer. The text tool does this for you. 

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Thus Spake Irv Mullins <irvm at ellijay.com>:
Mon, 26 Aug 2002 13:27:19 -0400


> On Monday 26 August 2002 12:57 pm, you wrote:
> > If I have an image I want to add text next to, how do I do that using
> > GIMP.
> 
> You can add a new layer, transparent.
> Then select the "T"  [add text to image], click anywhere in the image,
> select font, type the text in the preview window, click OK. (Font color
> will be the current foreground color.)
> 
> You can then move the text to wherever on the image you want it, and 
> then click the anchor on the Layers, Channels & Paths window to stick it
> 
> in place.
> 
> If you have several bits of type, and aren't sure of the placement, put
> each on a separate new layer. You can then move them separately to get
> things just right.
> 
> If you want fancier type, you can use script-fu / logos to generate the
> text, then lose the background before you paste that onto your new
> picture layer.
> 
> Irv
> 
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