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Text outline with Gimp

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 Noazty -
Hello,
I would like to know how to add an outline to text using GIMP (for example, to put a slight black border around white text)
Thank you in advance for your help

Configuration: Windows Vista / Safari 533.4

3 answers

  1. Nelly
     
    Hello!
    It's very simple!
    Here are the steps:
    [ To see a little where we need to right-click: http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/127235Capturedcran20130426131406.png
    First, right-click on the text layer (here called text) then click on Alpha to Selection.
    Then go to Select > Border and specify the border size you want (I recommend between 1 and 4) then Validate. Next, in your palette, set the color of Foreground (also called "PP color") to the color you want for the border (for example, white. But don't use pink if the text is originally pink; the effect won't look very nice..) then do Edit > Fill with Foreground color.
    Then if you want to work on your creation and not just the text in particular after this step, to remove the dotted lines around your text, do Select > None.
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    1. Nelly
       
      Little problem for me, everything has turned white in the selection, so my word has disappeared, did I miss something or is there a step missing?
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    2. bmwalid
       
      You forgot that you need to create a layer under your text, then it's the new layer that you must fill with the text.
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    3. gorkylenain Posted messages 1 Status Member
       
      The solution is good but it lacks an important detail. After making alpha to selection, do Selection > Inverse. This way, you will create an outer border only around your word and not internally, which looks better.
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    4. Surikat > bmwalid
       
      Indeed, a layer is missing! First, you need to duplicate the layer, then right-click > select to alpha (on the layer below!), go to select > border, and finally edit > fill with the PP color. Thank you Nelly and bmwalid, I didn't know how to do it! :-)
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    5. LOL > Surikat
       
      Hello
      It's easy to do with this which corresponds to the layer styles of Photoshop

      http://registry.gimp.org/node/186

      In french here

      https://registry.gimp.org/taxonomy/term/239
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  2. loic430 Posted messages 23 Status Member 15
     
    Hi, so it's simple: you right-click on the layer where your text is, then you click on "Alpha to Selection," then you click on "Select" in the menu bar, and after that on "Border," and there you go! :)
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    1. fays77 Posted messages 118 Status Member 3
       
      Honestly, given your explanation, it's not that simple... I'm just saying.
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  3. végers Posted messages 2184 Status Member 297
     
    Hello,

    Still here

    http://www.en1heure.com/tuto_effet_texte.php

    Good evening

    Végers

    --
    Knowing where knowledge is is also a ........knowledge
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    1. Nana
       
      I don't understand, right-click on the slap. But where is the slap and how do I put it?
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    2. Anonymous user
       
      Good evening,

      In the layers window:
      http://leblogdugnou.blogspot.fr/2011/10/gimp-astuces-rapides-de-la-palette.html
      ;-)

      And not slaps... Wilber is not that mean...
      :-)


      See you later!
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