This is the best 2 separate text lines wrap around a circle (one text on the top - other at the bottom of the circle) - Have been watching many difference other videos and never accomplished until I found this video. THANK YOU SO MUCH
I tried following other, newer tutorials for this one and failed about 20 times. Even though the UI has changed quite a bit in the last 7 years, this vid actually made me succeed 😄 Thank you very much Irv, You brought my new Business 1 step closer to be up & running 🙂
You did a great job explaining this. I followed it easily and created exactly what I had hoped I would. Thank you for taking the time to do this. It was extremely helpful!
Great video. I needed to find out how to add curved text to my images and this tutorial fits the bill exactly. All of the steps were described clearly and at a pace that was easy to follow. I'm now adding curved text to my images like a pro.
Hey Lon W, good to hear from you. When I did this I knew it was a long, hard, dry grind to follow, so I wondered if anyone would spend the time to grind through it, and it's great to hear that it worked for you.
Thanks for putting this tutorial out Irv. I fought with text around a circle for 1 1/2 days. That is until I found yours. Good stuff. Thanks a million. I've worked with Gimp for a ver long time off and on. It seem the last time was a very long time off.. hahaha cheers
Every time you use the rotation tool on rasterized text, you're doing destructive editing, and the quality of the rasterized text is degrading. Usually the degradation is too minor to be noticeable, but it can become a problem if you're working with very fine print (for example, if you're designing a cd/dvd label with lots of really tiny text around the perimeter). With fine print, you can avoid destructive editing by adding just a couple steps to this tutorial: First, follow the tutorial as normal, but when you rotate your text, pay attention to the number of degrees the text needs to be rotated. This text isn't going to be your final text -- it's just a test to see how many degrees of rotation are needed. Once you have the number of degrees, delete the text you just rotated, and then go back to the circle path and rotate the circle path the correct number of degrees (change settings on the rotation tool to rotate path instead of layer). Then go back to your *vector* text layer and re-do text-along-path onto the now pre-rotated circle path.
i guess im asking the wrong place but does anyone know a method to get back into an Instagram account..? I somehow lost my account password. I appreciate any assistance you can give me!
@Judah Larry i really appreciate your reply. I found the site on google and im waiting for the hacking stuff atm. Looks like it's gonna take quite some time so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
Thank you, makes a lot more sense now. In fact what I've taken away is if I want to create a detailed curved image it might be easier to work on it as a separate project and save it as a PNG.
you did a wonderful job explaining to me I'm very pleased with your video awesome work thumbs up now I understand how to do it cause in the past i was so confused . gracias muchas gracias por tu labor ..☕︎👍
Thank you for the help. Great Video. I'm designing t-shirts for our just traveling thru brand and I'm a beginner. This allowed me to complete my t-shirt within a few hours.
Awesome video. When I do text along path it does curve it and put it where it should be, but it is offset and it seems to be connected with the size of the box I draw when I start writing text. I worked around it by double clicking resize box on the text box, rotating, and than later moving the text vertically. Do you maybe know why is it happening
Thanks for the tutorial! I can't get it to work like in the video though. The bottom text won't rotate correctly, but will instead rotate around some seemingly arbitrary axis. Any guess on why this happens? (First this happened to the top text too, but then I started from scratch and repeated the whole process, and it worked ok for the top text but sadly not for the bottom text.)
Omg, you are a life saver! I still couldnt get my lower reversed text to work. But I got WAAAY further than I ever had! Gimp is absolutely HORRIBLE! My old pc crashed, otherwise I would be using a MUCH better program. WinPCSign. So much simpler yet more powerful.
the step at 9:20 (stroke path) wasnt working for me) it wasnt adding any color to it. so i just did path to selection and went to 'fill with foreground color' just like when you are coloring any selection
I dont want a bottom and top text layer. i just want one layer that wraps all the way around the circle like the writing around a CD or DVD disc. using your tutorial I jist have all my text bunched up into 1 corner and its in a paragraph form.
tried this for an hour and gave up. the toolbars you have dont even show up on my screen :/ gimp is really good at making simple things ridiculously difficult.
Hi, I have tried this for 3 days now and it doesnt work. Its so frustrating. I had Corel Draw and could do this in 30 seconds, but waited and the trial version expired and I dont have $424.00 to buy it. I do the steps over and over and over and over hoping for a different result (maybe Im crazy, hope not) but what it will do, Im trying to use the ellipse and not make a round circle but only curve, so the text is a bit curved. It has 2 results. It usually takes the sentence and tries to put it on one spot? so it looks like a red can of paint thrown at the spot. or now Im getting where it creates the path and I add text, not sure which layer Im adding to, but it will follow the path... only it starts arbitrarily on the left edge, upside down and reverse. I cannot shift the text. and today I got it to fall on the lower arc curving UP, of course I need it on top and curving DOWN. new version of GIMP, its so hard to use, also I think its buggy because the text will be white and no color setting has any effect, try brushes, white, set the brush to any color and its white. clear/dump and start over, take a brush, add color and its that color. Ive used alot of older CAD programs alot of years but this is really hard to use. like i said Corel draw I had it tracing the path in a minute literally. will look for another program but any tips are appreciated, thanks
Same here, I have followed different videos to put text around a circle step by step and they don't work. There is always some step left out or I missed because the person doing the video simply does not explain clearly. Gimp is very difficult to use.
This is the best 2 separate text lines wrap around a circle (one text on the top - other at the bottom of the circle) - Have been watching many difference other videos and never accomplished until I found this video. THANK YOU SO MUCH
I tried following other, newer tutorials for this one and failed about 20 times.
Even though the UI has changed quite a bit in the last 7 years,
this vid actually made me succeed 😄
Thank you very much Irv,
You brought my new Business 1 step closer to be up & running 🙂
Very precise tutorial on text along a path in Gimp. I especially appreciate the tip about pressing CTRL + SHIFT to make concentric circles.
You did a great job explaining this. I followed it easily and created exactly what I had hoped I would. Thank you for taking the time to do this. It was extremely helpful!
It's nice to hear that it helped. Thank you.
This tutorial is very clear and easy to understand. You just saved my day ! Thank you
Great video. I needed to find out how to add curved text to my images and this tutorial fits the bill exactly. All of the steps were described clearly and at a pace that was easy to follow. I'm now adding curved text to my images like a pro.
Very detail and informative. The detail on all of the steps is so helpful. Thanks for sharing.
Incredibly helpful and the easiest tutorial on youtube to follow. Thanks very much!
I got it. Thanks man. Will do it quite a few more times.
The way you broke down the steps helped a lot.
Hey Lon W, good to hear from you. When I did this I knew it was a long, hard, dry grind to follow, so I wondered if anyone would spend the time to grind through it, and it's great to hear that it worked for you.
Thank you for a wonderful, clear, and informative tutorial. It was quite easy to follow. :)
Great to hear, thanks.
Thanks for putting this tutorial out Irv. I fought with text around a circle for 1 1/2 days. That is until I found yours. Good stuff. Thanks a million. I've worked with Gimp for a ver long time off and on. It seem the last time was a very long time off.. hahaha cheers
Every time you use the rotation tool on rasterized text, you're doing destructive editing, and the quality of the rasterized text is degrading. Usually the degradation is too minor to be noticeable, but it can become a problem if you're working with very fine print (for example, if you're designing a cd/dvd label with lots of really tiny text around the perimeter). With fine print, you can avoid destructive editing by adding just a couple steps to this tutorial:
First, follow the tutorial as normal, but when you rotate your text, pay attention to the number of degrees the text needs to be rotated. This text isn't going to be your final text -- it's just a test to see how many degrees of rotation are needed. Once you have the number of degrees, delete the text you just rotated, and then go back to the circle path and rotate the circle path the correct number of degrees (change settings on the rotation tool to rotate path instead of layer). Then go back to your *vector* text layer and re-do text-along-path onto the now pre-rotated circle path.
Thanks for the added info. That could be a gotcha for someone needing very clean image, and beginners like me would never know that. Irv
Wonderful Tip, really useful. Thanks!!
i guess im asking the wrong place but does anyone know a method to get back into an Instagram account..?
I somehow lost my account password. I appreciate any assistance you can give me!
@Juan Billy Instablaster :)
@Judah Larry i really appreciate your reply. I found the site on google and im waiting for the hacking stuff atm.
Looks like it's gonna take quite some time so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
Thank you, makes a lot more sense now. In fact what I've taken away is if I want to create a detailed curved image it might be easier to work on it as a separate project and save it as a PNG.
woo hoo...finally, I was able to do it. Needed the file ready by evening today. Your tut made it possible. Thanks:)
This is a wonderful tutorial -- even though at the moment I am overwhelmed!
you did a wonderful job explaining to me I'm very pleased with your video awesome work thumbs up
now I understand how to do it cause in the past i was so confused .
gracias muchas gracias por tu labor ..☕︎👍
Thank you for the nice comment. I'm glad you found it so helpful. Regards, Irv
Best vid for figuring out the bottom line of text, thank you
Thank you for the help. Great Video. I'm designing t-shirts for our just traveling thru brand and I'm a beginner. This allowed me to complete my t-shirt within a few hours.
Great tutorial! This saved me hours of online searching 👍🏻🎉
excellent tutorial! thank you so much for making this.
Very well explained, thank you for taking the time to do this!
You are very welcome, and thank you for the nice comment.
Thank you for the tutorial. This is some advanced knowledge right there.
Thank you SO much for this video :) it really helped me out!
Great explanation and wonderful tutorial. Thanks!
Great video, much easier to understand that the others i watched!
Thanks Oldmate. Nice to hear from you.
Thanks Irv, you're a lifesaver!
Thank you, very very helpful and easy to follow!
Excllent tutorial. I m new to gimp (1day), took me a wile but I got there in the end thanks to you. X
I'm glad it helped. Irv
Easy to follow, nice work and thank you!
Thank you very much for your time in making this video.
How frustrating! You helped a lot though so thank you! Mission accomplished.
Awesome video. When I do text along path it does curve it and put it where it should be, but it is offset and it seems to be connected with the size of the box I draw when I start writing text. I worked around it by double clicking resize box on the text box, rotating, and than later moving the text vertically. Do you maybe know why is it happening
Hi Irv,
Very helpful and informative, thank you!
Thank you Elaine for your comment. Regards, Irv
Brilliant explanation thank you - made for numptys like me and now I have logo!
Dzięki, wiele mi to wyjaśniło.
Thank you! This was exactly what I needed!
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You for 12:19 and later ;) a few days I search for this. Thank You!
YOU HELPED ME SO MUCH! THANKS!
Excellent tutorial, thanks!
Excellent video. It will take me a while to learn it though because of all the steps. I am guessing this is the same for an arc.
learned a few things from it...thanks
excellent video thanks (was doing fine until creating the bottom text ... will give it another try tomorrow) ... please make more videos :)
Thanks for the tutorial! I can't get it to work like in the video though. The bottom text won't rotate correctly, but will instead rotate around some seemingly arbitrary axis. Any guess on why this happens? (First this happened to the top text too, but then I started from scratch and repeated the whole process, and it worked ok for the top text but sadly not for the bottom text.)
thanks, downloaded, all works!
Super helpful. Thank you!
Omg, you are a life saver! I still couldnt get my lower reversed text to work. But I got WAAAY further than I ever had! Gimp is absolutely HORRIBLE!
My old pc crashed, otherwise I would be using a MUCH better program. WinPCSign. So much simpler yet more powerful.
thanks, it helped me a lot
Always nice to hear, thank you, Irv
Thank you so much! This vas very useful! :D
I owe u bigtime. Thank u so much.. U almost saved a life..haha
Great video thanks!
Nice to hear. Irv
great job dude
the step at 9:20 (stroke path) wasnt working for me) it wasnt adding any color to it. so i just did path to selection and went to 'fill with foreground color' just like when you are coloring any selection
Nice man ty
Thx that was great
I dont want a bottom and top text layer. i just want one layer that wraps all the way around the circle like the writing around a CD or DVD disc. using your tutorial I jist have all my text bunched up into 1 corner and its in a paragraph form.
great video!
Why is it when I put text along path the text goes on the top of the circle or bottom or even the middle. Cant quite work out why
tried this for an hour and gave up. the toolbars you have dont even show up on my screen :/ gimp is really good at making simple things ridiculously difficult.
Hi, I have tried this for 3 days now and it doesnt work. Its so frustrating. I had Corel Draw and could do this in 30 seconds, but waited and the trial version expired and I dont have $424.00 to buy it. I do the steps over and over and over and over hoping for a different result (maybe Im crazy, hope not) but what it will do, Im trying to use the ellipse and not make a round circle but only curve, so the text is a bit curved. It has 2 results. It usually takes the sentence and tries to put it on one spot? so it looks like a red can of paint thrown at the spot. or now Im getting where it creates the path and I add text, not sure which layer Im adding to, but it will follow the path... only it starts arbitrarily on the left edge, upside down and reverse. I cannot shift the text. and today I got it to fall on the lower arc curving UP, of course I need it on top and curving DOWN. new version of GIMP, its so hard to use, also I think its buggy because the text will be white and no color setting has any effect, try brushes, white, set the brush to any color and its white. clear/dump and start over, take a brush, add color and its that color. Ive used alot of older CAD programs alot of years but this is really hard to use. like i said Corel draw I had it tracing the path in a minute literally. will look for another program but any tips are appreciated, thanks
Same here, I have followed different videos to put text around a circle step by step and they don't work. There is always some step left out or I missed because the person doing the video simply does not explain clearly. Gimp is very difficult to use.
hey man, thank you a lot :)
You are very welcome.
The best!
super explanation
great tutorial,
hey, im new to gimp, my circle is going to corners, it isnt centered
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
Big help, thanks
What about on a heart shape?
Thanks.
God bless, Proverbs 31
Am so grateful for the 0.2btc I receive from this team ...for starting a business thanks for guidance sir
nice!
Thank you :)
4:52 this noise gave me the creeps
hi, admin i want to download this video, thanks
Video starts at 2:38
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Talking too much and video toooo long