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GIMP TEXT OUTLINE HOW TO
GIMP TEXT OUTLINE FREE

Though it is not much advanced and doesn’t come with large editing facilities, gimp is very useful for people. It is light-weight and can work even on a Low-Performance system.

GIMP TEXT OUTLINE FREE

So we have to Buy it to use, but GIMP is a totally free application. It uses more resources and needs a Mid-Level or better Computer to run smoothly. GIMP & Photoshop has significant differences. When talking about Photo/Image editing Softwares, no one can forget Adobe Photoshop.

GIMP TEXT OUTLINE HOW TO

READ:- Noise Reduction – How to Remove Noise from Audio Files – Audacity Tutorial (Part 01) with an Introduction. GIMP is available for Linux, Microsoft Windows, and macOS. It is a Raster Graphics Editor & can use for Image Retouching and Editing, Free-Form Drawing, Converting between Different Image Formats, and more Specialized Tasks. GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. Please leave a comment if you like this tutorial.GIMP is Free and Open-Source software.

Hold down “CTRL” and start your blend from the middle of the “Mirror” layer and then drag the line upwards to the middle of your original outline text layer(s).

In the tool properties, set the gradient to “FG to Transparent”.

Choose the “Blend tool” in your “Toolbox”.

Then move the layer down in the layer list, should be fourth in the list, just above the “Background” layer.

Now choose the “Move Tool” from your “Toolbox” and, after you clicked and press down “CTRL” (then the layer will go straight down), drag the layer down so only the edges of the layers touch.

In you main document window, click on “Layer”->”Transform”->”Flip vertically”.

Do it twice and your done, don't forget to rename it though.

Do this by duplicating each layer, put them next to each other on top of the three original ones and then right click on the top one, choose “Merge down”.

Duplicate each one of your layers (Original text layer, “White” and “Black”) and make them one solid one called “Mirror”.

Now we're moving ahead, down below the mirror effect is explained.

Now change the layer order, The original text layer on top, second should be “White” and third “Black”.Ĭongratulations, now you have created a text with a fancy outline!.

Click the “Edit” button and then “Fill with FG color”, it should be black or else change it and redo the step.

Click “Select”, in your document window and then “Grow.”.

Now you'll grow the selection 2 pixels again.

Right click the layer and choose “Alpha to selection”.

Duplicate the layer and rename it to “Black”.

Now in the same window, click “Edit” and then “Fill with BG color”, in this case it should be white, if it isn't change it to white and redo the step.

I chose 2 pixels growth (but that depends on what font size you have).

In your document window, click “Select” and then “Grow.”.

Right-click the layer and choose “Alpha to selection”.

Now duplicate your layer (Right-click and choose “Duplicate Layer”) and rename it to “White” (Double-click and write).

To perform the task and close the dialog, press “Resize”. Set the width to 600 and the height to 87.

In the “Layers” window, right click your new text layer and choose “Set layer boundary size”.

I chose the “Liberation Sans Bold” font, fontsize 45.

Select the text tool from the Toolbox and choose a font of your choice and write anything you want.

Create a new document, the size of it doesn't really matter.

In this tutorial GIMP 2.6 is used, the tutorial takes about 10 minutes to finnish.