>Hi folks; > >Im a new user here so be gentle. A little background: >I work for a small engineering firm that designs racing transmission parts. >Im comfortable using CAD and other engineering software, but this 20min >project has taken up half my day. > >I need to create a logo, using our existing one. All I wanted to do was add a >curved text portion above and below our original logo. > >It needs to have the same curve top and bottom. > >Ive played with the text-to-path and I cant get a good looking linear curve >over the top of our logo. And, even if I did; I dont know how to match that >curve on the bottom "rocker" so they look similar. > >I tried the circular text logo template, but I need the text to read RTL on >the top curve and the bottom. > >Someone told me there was an ARC plug-in for CD labels, can I use this on my >windows based version of GIMP2? > >Thanks for your time; > >Nate
I'm with the inkscape suggestion. There is an oldish video tutorial on the subject http://screencasters.heathenx.org/page/10/ Episode 014 - Place Text Around a Circle might be useful -- rich (via www.gimpusers.com) _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user