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How to Blend Text with a Background
Posted by OBUDan on 8/8/14 at 3:05 pm00
Hi guys, trying to teach myself some basic photoshop type skills. I'm working with GIMP, and basically all I'm trying to do is create some text to place onto an image while making it look like like it's "blended" with the background image and not just smacked down on top of it.
I've successfully created the font styling how I want, but when I crop and paste it onto the image it looks like a box, sloppily pasted on top of the image.
Is the best process just to use the air brush to soften the edges as best I can? Any other better tips?
I've successfully created the font styling how I want, but when I crop and paste it onto the image it looks like a box, sloppily pasted on top of the image.
Is the best process just to use the air brush to soften the edges as best I can? Any other better tips?
re: How to Blend Text with a BackgroundPosted by Jackie Chan on 8/8/14 at 3:29 pm to OBUDan
can you post a pic of what you are working wiht so I can have a better understanding of what you are trying to do. I only use gimp and will try to help you out.
re: How to Blend Text with a BackgroundPosted by OBUDan on 8/8/14 at 3:39 pm to Jackie Chan
Basically, want to get rid of the "LEVIATHAN" at the bottom and replace with my own custom text.
Nothing else will change.
re: How to Blend Text with a BackgroundPosted by RonFNSwanson on 8/8/14 at 3:43 pm to OBUDan
Show us what you did at first. I don't get what your issue is.
re: How to Blend Text with a BackgroundPosted by OBUDan on 8/8/14 at 3:48 pm to RonFNSwanson
Notice how it just looks like a pasted a huge block of text at the bottom rather than it being blended in and smoothly with the background.
I'd like to find a way to make it blend a little easier.
re: How to Blend Text with a BackgroundPosted by RonFNSwanson on 8/8/14 at 3:59 pm to OBUDan
I don't use gimp, so I'm not familiar with it's tools, but you should just be able to type on a new layer on the image. It shouldn't have a box behind it.
Is there a type tool?
Is there a type tool?
re: How to Blend Text with a BackgroundPosted by Jackie Chan on 8/8/14 at 4:18 pm to OBUDan
So first, I used the copy tool to 'erase' the writing in the picture. Just select a similar looking portion of the image, and it paints a copy over the area.
Then I used the text tool to type the text. You can pick the fonts and colors etc. To get the lighting effect, under Filters at the top go to light and shadow. I used the Xach-effect on the letters to get the whitish light behind them. Just play around with the filter effects and you can learn a lot about what gimp can do. I learned everything basically just throught trail and error and practice.
Then I used the text tool to type the text. You can pick the fonts and colors etc. To get the lighting effect, under Filters at the top go to light and shadow. I used the Xach-effect on the letters to get the whitish light behind them. Just play around with the filter effects and you can learn a lot about what gimp can do. I learned everything basically just throught trail and error and practice.
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re: How to Blend Text with a BackgroundPosted by RonFNSwanson on 8/8/14 at 4:19 pm to OBUDan
Here, I did this incase you needed it soon while you try to figure your issues out...
re: How to Blend Text with a BackgroundPosted by OBUDan on 8/8/14 at 4:21 pm to Jackie Chan
Thanks all! Will try these steps.
re: How to Blend Text with a BackgroundPosted by RonFNSwanson on 8/8/14 at 4:32 pm to OBUDan
you know that's not how you spell jambalaya though, right?
re: How to Blend Text with a BackgroundPosted by Jackie Chan on 8/8/14 at 4:38 pm to RonFNSwanson
I didn't even notice that. I just copied what he had.
re: How to Blend Text with a BackgroundPosted by RonFNSwanson on 8/8/14 at 4:46 pm to Jackie Chan
Me too. I noticed when I was saving the file
re: How to Blend Text with a BackgroundPosted by OBUDan on 8/8/14 at 6:38 pm to RonFNSwanson
heh, working so fast didn't even look at it.
Ok, so I'm getting much closer. But now my copy tool isn't working to let me clean up some of the lines.
Any idea why?
I merged all the layers thinking that would solve it, but didn't. It wasn't working when they were separated either.
Any idea why?
I merged all the layers thinking that would solve it, but didn't. It wasn't working when they were separated either.
re: How to Blend Text with a BackgroundPosted by Jackie Chan on 8/8/14 at 9:12 pm to OBUDan
Hold Crtl and click the area you want copy. It should leave a selection behind where you clicked and a selection following where you move the cursor.
This post was edited on 8/8 at 9:13 pm
re: How to Blend Text with a BackgroundPosted by idlewatcher on 8/8/14 at 11:14 pm to OBUDan
Also, check your opacity. For certain darker layers, if you drop the opacity a few points, it will help with the blend.
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