Select Dialogs > Tool Options to open the Tool Options dialog (if it's not open already). If these aren't selected, select them now. Make sure you still have the Text tool selected (on the main toolbox), and that the correct layer is currently selected/highlighted. To change the font (as well as other properties):
This is where the Tool Options dialog comes in handy. Now that you've entered your text, you may be wondering how to do something simple, such as change the font.
To do this, option+click on the layer group containing the first text block in the layers list, then option+shift+click on the group containing the second block. Create a selection from the shapes of the main shaded text. You can also do things like, apply special effects/filters against your text, transform your text using transformation tools, etc. Text 3D Effect: Make a new layer group above the background to hold the 3D extrusion layers. For example, you can change the font family, change the size, color, etc. Once you've added your text, you can then manipulate it as required. As mentioned previously, this is one of the main benefits of layers. This is quite handy, as it gives you the ability to manipulate the text without affecting other parts of the image. When you view your Layers dialog, you will see a new layer containing the text you just created. When you add text in GIMP, a new layer is added automatically. In newer versions of GIMP, this step is only needed if you're using the (optional) pop-up text editor. At this stage, it should look something like this. Don't worry if it's not in the style you want, you can change the style later on. Enter your text into the text editor.Īs you type, the image will be updated with your text using the current style. To select the text tool, click the Text tool icon from the main toolbox:Ĭlick within the image, roughly where you would like the text to appear. To add text in GIMP, open a new image ( File > New) and then do the following: Once you get the hang of it, you will find that GIMP provides you with an enormous range of options for how your text is presented. Therefore, it is important that you understand how text works in GIMP.Īdding text with GIMP is a bit different to adding text with say, a word processing application (such as MS Word or WordPerfect).Īt first, you might find GIMP a bit "clunky" when working with text. It's highly likely that you'll find yourself working with text on a regular basis. Once you’ve stamped it, you can’t change the date afterward.Adding text to an image is a common task. In other words, GIMP turns your text into a picture of the text, sort of like pressing a well-inked date stamp onto a page.
When you create a new textbox with the Text tool, GIMP stores any text you type in as vector shapes – but once you apply any edits to the layer, GIMP will rasterize the text, a process that converts the editable vector data into pixels. Saving your work is simply storing it again for future use in GIMP, which is why GIMP forces you to choose the XCF format if you open the File menu and choose Save or Save As.Įxporting your image is preparing it for sharing with someone else, and so has a whole separate set of processes for each different format type, but only a few like PSD and TIFF support saving layers, and even then you may run into issues depending on the compatibility of different editors. GIMP makes a big deal of separating the two concepts of saving your work and exporting your work. The Save command now defaults to the XCF format which preserves your text layer data This will allow you to store all the possible information GIMP has about your file, including the various layers, masks, paths, and any other content that would be lost by saving in a flattened format like JPG. Instead, it’s best to use GIMP’s native XCF file format. JPG is the most popular image format in the world, but it’s not designed to store layer data, so it won’t be good enough to store your text in an editable format. If you want to be able to edit your text layer in a future editing session, you’ll need to save your file in a format that supports layers. If you’ve got the time, read on for an explanation of why GIMP works like this and what you can do to stop it from happening next time you need to edit text in GIMP. You can either use the Undo command until it’s editable again or re-create the whole text layer from scratch.Īs I said at the beginning, working with text in GIMP can be very difficult. If these methods didn’t work for you, then you might have accidentally converted your text into pixels, which means it’s no longer editable as text. Edit Text on canvas is hidden in the Layer properties menuEdit Text on canvas is hidden in the Layer properties menu
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