[Gimp-user] Transparent Logos...
I have tried searching for this but I am not finding quite the answer I hunger for. It is best to show you... www.avveduti.com/ebay/logo.jpg There is what I am wanting. To make a nice transparent logo in gimp. That was created in PS 7. A nice bevel edge with ability to change the light direction and the amount of bevel.. I made the text go to 0 opaque and voula.. there it is. What can I do in Gimp to acheive the same results? -Jeff
Re: [Gimp-user] Transparent Logos...
On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 22:18 -0500, Jeffrey Brent McBeth wrote: On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 08:52:24PM -0600, Jeff Avveduti wrote: > I have tried searching for this but I am not finding quite the answer I > hunger for. > It is best to show you... > www.avveduti.com/ebay/logo.jpg > > There is what I am wanting. To make a nice transparent logo in gimp. > That was created in PS 7. > A nice bevel edge with ability to change the light direction and the > amount of bevel.. > I made the text go to 0 opaque and voula.. there it is. Place your texture down (like the wavy red) Create a text layer (white for starters), and add your text Make sure the texture layer is selected, then go Filters -> Map -> Bump Map Play with all the fun knobs that do everything you asked for above. Click okay when you are done, then make the text layer invisible (click the eye) Jeff Ok, I must be doing something wrong. I opened a picture, add text [Avveduti Photography], Filters -> Map -> Bump Map, no matter I change, the text does not change. I move the window around to show the different letters of the text but nothing. I slide everything to the far right... nothing. I hit ok and hide the layer... nothing. What am I doing wrong?
Re: [Gimp-user] Transparent Logos...
On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 23:23 -0700, Matt Gushee wrote: michael chang wrote: > On 11/8/05, Jeff Avveduti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>Make sure the texture layer is selected You probably understood this, but it's a potential point of confusion, so let's try to make it totally clear: "selected" here means to make sure, before opening the Bump Map dialog, that the texture is the active layer in the main window (selected in the layers dialog). >> Ok, I must be doing something wrong. I opened a picture, add text [Avveduti Photography], Filters -> Map -> Bump Map, no matter I change, the text does not change. >> I move the window around to show the different letters of the text but nothing. I slide everything to the far right... nothing. I hit ok and hide the layer... nothing. >> What am I doing wrong? Maybe what you're missing is that, in the Bump Map dialog, you have to select the text layer as the Bump Map ... that option is in the upper right corner (at least for me on Linux ... I don't imagine it varies by platform, but it's conceivable). > I don't think the text is supposed to change, the background is. Then > you should be able to "hide" the text somehow, Yes, for the final image ... though if you start with the text below the texture, it won't be visible anyway. > the text layer in the layers box. Maybe you need to flatten it first? Can't imagine how that would make a difference at this stage. Ok, that did it... I was not selecting the texture layer first, then the bump map. Very good. How can I save it out to be able to drop it over another picture? Brush? I need to be able to resize it, if nessary.
Re: [Gimp-user] Transparent Logos...
On Thu, 2005-11-10 at 20:41 +, michael chang wrote: On 11/10/05, Jeff Avveduti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 23:23 -0700, Matt Gushee wrote: > michael chang wrote: > > On 11/8/05, Jeff Avveduti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Make sure the texture layer is selected > > You probably understood this, but it's a potential point of confusion, > so let's try to make it totally clear: "selected" here means to make > sure, before opening the Bump Map dialog, that the texture is the active > layer in the main window (selected in the layers dialog). > > >> Ok, I must be doing something wrong. I opened a picture, add text > [Avveduti Photography], Filters -> Map -> Bump Map, no matter I change, the > text does not change. > >> I move the window around to show the different letters of the text but > nothing. I slide everything to the far right... nothing. I hit ok and hide > the layer... nothing. > >> What am I doing wrong? > > Maybe what you're missing is that, in the Bump Map dialog, you have to > select the text layer as the Bump Map ... that option is in the upper > right corner (at least for me on Linux ... I don't imagine it varies by > platform, but it's conceivable). > > > I don't think the text is supposed to change, the background is. Then > > you should be able to "hide" the text somehow, > > Yes, for the final image ... though if you start with the text below the > texture, it won't be visible anyway. > > > the text layer in the layers box. Maybe you need to flatten it first? > > Can't imagine how that would make a difference at this stage. > > > > Ok, that did it... I was not selecting the texture layer first, then the > bump map. > Very good. How can I save it out to be able to drop it over another > picture? Brush? I need to be able to resize it, if nessary. Well, it's part of the layer... since it's not a seperate entitity you can't exactly just rip it off as-is and paste it somewhere else. Try to perform the same technique, with the layer on the actual layer where you're going to "paste" the effect -- make sure to duplicate and hide one of the layers first, to make sure you have a backup in case of error (although Undo should cover most cases unless GIMP crashes, and you should save before you start to cover most of the rest of those). -- ~Mike - Just my two cents - No man is an island, and no man is unable. I could do that but that is just not efficient. If I have 30 photographs to add the logo to, I don't want to add in all of those steps every time. I tried saving it as a brush and it stinks. It does not show all of the logo. I guess I will be forced to stay with the standard for now. Perhaps one day Gimp will be a replacement for me... for now, I guess not. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Transparent Logos...
Yes but the background is white? Why is it so hard to save a transparent logo? It was transparent... but when saving it, the background is white. On Mon, 2005-11-14 at 13:15 +, Donncha O Caoimh wrote: Hi Jeff, That's the easy part - save your logo as a .xcf or .jpg and when you're editing a photo load up your logo image. Copy that image by hitting CTRL-c to copy, and then select your photo. CTRL-v to paste it. Take a look at the Layers dialog (CTRL-L if it's not visible) and right click on the "Floating Selection (pasted layer)" layer and select "New Layer". You should be able to drag the logo around your photo now using the "Move" tool (the one with the 4 arrows). When saving as a jpeg, GIMP will ask you to merge the layers, that's perfectly normal. That's probably something I should do with my own photos! Hope that helps! Donncha. Jeff Avveduti wrote: > On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 23:23 -0700, Matt Gushee wrote: > >>michael chang wrote: >>> On 11/8/05, Jeff Avveduti <[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: >> [snip] >> >>Can't imagine how that would make a difference at this stage. >> > > Ok, that did it... I was not selecting the texture layer first, then the > bump map. > Very good. How can I save it out to be able to drop it over another > picture? Brush? I need to be able to resize it, if nessary. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Transparent Logos...
Probably because you are saving it in a format that doesn't support transparency, like JPEG. If you do that, it asks you to flatten the image, and will fill in transparency with the background color (more or less). If you want to maintain transparency, keep the logo in xcf, or png (they both support 8-bit transparency) Jeff Ok, I know this is silly... but I am a baby in Gimp. Please bear with me...and thanks to everyone who has been answering my question. That was what I was doing so that fixes that issue. Now, the instructions given is using a texture background. How can I just make a logo with a transparent background and then save it as mentioned above? New --- size, background transparent -- add text --- bump map--- now what? I don't see what I did? I know this is silly but ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
