let me begin this comment by saying that i love gimp. i've been working with it for about 20 years. converting text to a circle path has vexed me the entire time. this video was extremely helpful. thank you! although i do wish a simple "text to circle" type of function, perhaps in the text tool options was available.
I think I figured it out. What I did was for the bottom text, flipped the selection before I text along path. That worked for me. Nice video by the way!
thank you for the video. is there any way to make it not skew the letters? large text in small circles looks bad because of how stretched the letters become.
Nicely explained and it worked like a charm. I am stuck in the next step tho. I figured that I need to experiment with the font size and thickness on the round text. I could make it thicker using the stroke selection or grow. But how do I increase the font size of the round text?
Say could make a video of how to make different shaped text?.. Afterall, your explanation with clear concise instructions really made a difference with me. Others were too hurried in my opinion...
This program is so goddam convoluted! My text disappears when i try to rotate it. No matter what I do, I can't see what I'm working with.. Why does it have to be so cumbersome to write text in a circle?`????
Flipping won't work for me. (gimp 2.10), rotating will rotate the whole layers and not only the selected one... Not working for me unfortunately, thanks for the effeort tho.
For the first line it worked but the second line kept going wonky and wouldn't cooperate. I don't know what I did wrong but your tutorial didn't cover that
Sorry, the hard part of this, fixing the upside down text was glossed over, and the explanation was not very thorough. It actually left me very confused, and the demonstration was incomplete from what I saw. I wish I could have given you a thumbs up.
This video is screwed up too. Does not work whatsoever. When you go to rotate the "Top Line" the crosshair is rotating on a weird axis in the top right corner. It is NOT centered. Downvoted video for once again missing important steps.
Possibly the most thorough explanation I have ever had. Great work and tutorial. ❤
l have watched 8 different people try to explain how to do this and not one has worked yet wowwww
Whatever video it is, certain things work fine, others don't. . . (This one is very clear and objective).
let me begin this comment by saying that i love gimp. i've been working with it for about 20 years. converting text to a circle path has vexed me the entire time. this video was extremely helpful. thank you! although i do wish a simple "text to circle" type of function, perhaps in the text tool options was available.
Very Helpful. Thank you!
Straight forward, to the point, works. Have a like.
This was so helpful!! Just used this to do a fun graphic design project for my blog. Really appreciate the thorough rundown!
I think I figured it out. What I did was for the bottom text, flipped the selection before I text along path. That worked for me. Nice video by the way!
great video, perfect explanation, especially the flip step.
Worked perfectly for me. Thank you so much!
Very helpful, thank you!
Thanks bud. Would've had a tough time trying to figure this out on my own.
Great but if I try to do two lines is scrambles.
Thanks for the tip!
Nice lesson thanks.
thank you for the video. is there any way to make it not skew the letters? large text in small circles looks bad because of how stretched the letters become.
Would be helpful to know :D
Working for me, ty 😁
Could you make photomanipulation tutorial?
Thank you. This was very helpful in making the text for my latest videos thumbnail.
i select text along path but it puts it above .. is it the font itself?
Thank you for this video . put text around tattoo i made for second life thanks!
Brilliant!
Nicely explained and it worked like a charm. I am stuck in the next step tho. I figured that I need to experiment with the font size and thickness on the round text. I could make it thicker using the stroke selection or grow. But how do I increase the font size of the round text?
the round text is a path and no longer a text that you can edit. only solution is to edit your initial text field and do "text along path" again.
How would you apply this to text on an ellipse?
Say could make a video of how to make different shaped text?..
Afterall, your explanation with clear concise instructions really made a difference with me. Others were too hurried in my opinion...
Nice guide, but it gives the text heavy stretching artifacts. Is there a way to avoid this?
I remember this being SUPER easy on Photoshop CS2. Why, as tech has progressed, is this so damn hard?
When it came to the bottom line, it was all jumbled. I did it 3 different times and couldn't make it like the first line.
it works for the top layer but when i try to do the bottom text and i add text to paths it scrambles the words and idk how to unscramble them
This program is so goddam convoluted! My text disappears when i try to rotate it. No matter what I do, I can't see what I'm working with.. Why does it have to be so cumbersome to write text in a circle?`????
why is mine like 20ft away from the path
Flipping won't work for me. (gimp 2.10), rotating will rotate the whole layers and not only the selected one... Not working for me unfortunately, thanks for the effeort tho.
in the rotating tool you have to select that it uses paths instead of layers
For the first line it worked but the second line kept going wonky and wouldn't cooperate. I don't know what I did wrong but your tutorial didn't cover that
Uh, having the "glossy" ad obscure the tutorial before it's done is suboptimal.
Sorry, the hard part of this, fixing the upside down text was glossed over, and the explanation was not very thorough. It actually left me very confused, and the demonstration was incomplete from what I saw. I wish I could have given you a thumbs up.
Too many steps compare to Affinity and Photoshop. Anyway thanks for the video.
This video is screwed up too. Does not work whatsoever. When you go to rotate the "Top Line" the crosshair is rotating on a weird axis in the top right corner. It is NOT centered. Downvoted video for once again missing important steps.
i can help you. when click to rotate, a small circle appears in the rotation fulcrum and you can simply click and moves it to where you want.