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Text outline with Gimp

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Neo_Flint -  
 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

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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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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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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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gorkylenain Posted messages 1 Status Membre
 
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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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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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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Réponse 2 / 3
loic430 Posted messages 23 Status Membre 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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fays77 Posted messages 118 Status Membre 3
 
Honestly, given your explanation, it's not that simple... I'm just saying.
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Réponse 3 / 3
végers Posted messages 2184 Status Membre 297
 
Hello,

Still here

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

Good evening

Végers

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Knowing where knowledge is is also a ........knowledge
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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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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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