Help needed with text

[Denis G.]

I am just starting to use GIMP.  I am having trouble getting the effect I
want.
I have 2 photos one over the other.  I want to put text over the upper layer
and have the lower layer show through.
If I put a mask over the upper layer and draw on it with black it does just
what I want. Problem is I want to use text not draw on it.  
Every way I try to add text I get a new layer, I seem to get text on the mask
for the upper layer.
thanks in advance for any help with this.

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On Sunday 04 October 2009, Tom C. wrote:
> I am just starting to use GIMP.  I am having trouble getting the effect I
> want.
> I have 2 photos one over the other.  I want to put text over the upper
> layer and have the lower layer show through.
> If I put a mask over the upper layer and draw on it with black it does just
> what I want. Problem is I want to use text not draw on it.
> Every way I try to add text I get a new layer, I seem to get text on the
> mask for the upper layer.
> thanks in advance for any help with this.

Short hint: Text to selection, change to mask, fill with black(or white,
whatever you want)



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[Denis G.]

>On Sunday 04 October 2009, Tom C. wrote:
>> I am just starting to use GIMP.  I am having trouble getting the effect I
>> want.
>> I have 2 photos one over the other.  I want to put text over the upper
>> layer and have the lower layer show through.
>> If I put a mask over the upper layer and draw on it with black it does
just

>> what I want. Problem is I want to use text not draw on it.
>> Every way I try to add text I get a new layer, I seem to get text on the
>> mask for the upper layer.
>> thanks in advance for any help with this.
>
>Short hint: Text to selection, change to mask, fill with black(or white,
>whatever you want)
>
>
>

Daniel,
Thank you for replying.
I must not be getting your hint.  I add my two layers, add a mask (regular)
to the top layer.
Bring up text and add it.
Then I select add text to selection
then I select the mack and fill with black.  I tried FG and BG.
No luck.
What am I doing wrong?


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[Denis G.]

>>On Sunday 04 October 2009, Tom C. wrote:
>>> I am just starting to use GIMP.  I am having trouble getting the effect
I

>>> want.
>>> I have 2 photos one over the other.  I want to put text over the upper
>>> layer and have the lower layer show through.
>>> If I put a mask over the upper layer and draw on it with black it does
>just
>>> what I want. Problem is I want to use text not draw on it.
>>> Every way I try to add text I get a new layer, I seem to get text on the
>>> mask for the upper layer.
>>> thanks in advance for any help with this.
>>
>>Short hint: Text to selection, change to mask, fill with black(or white,
>>whatever you want)
>>
>>
>>
>Daniel,
>Thank you for replying.
>I must not be getting your hint.  I add my two layers, add a mask (regular)
>to the top layer.
>Bring up text and add it.
>Then I select add text to selection
>then I select the mack and fill with black.  I tried FG and BG.
>No luck.
>What am I doing wrong?
>
>Daniel,

I should add that I did get the opposite of what I wanted to work.  All of
the top layer went transparent and the text stayed.  I want the text to go
transparent, so the parts of the underlying picture shows through the text.

>

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On Sunday 04 October 2009, Tom C. wrote:
> then I select the mask and fill with black.  I tried FG and BG.

If the mask is white before, that layer should've been completely opaque, so
filling the selection with black (simply drag&drop from the color patch onto
the image) should make the layer below shine through.

Of course, if the upper layer doesn't have a mask yet, simply choosing "from
selection (inverted)" when creating the mask would've been the most
straightforward way.

Cheers, Daniel


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[Denis G.]

>Tom C. wrote:
>> I am just starting to use GIMP.  I am having trouble getting the effect I
>> want.
>> I have 2 photos one over the other.  I want to put text over the upper
layer
>> and have the lower layer show through.
>> If I put a mask over the upper layer and draw on it with black it does
just
>> what I want. Problem is I want to use text not draw on it.  
>> Every way I try to add text I get a new layer, I seem to get text on the
mask
>> for the upper layer.
>> thanks in advance for any help with this.
>>
>>  
>Text to selection, select top layer with photo (make sure he can be
>transparent), press button "Del".
>
Dmitry,
Thank you for the reply, but I have had no success with this problem as yet.
In your reply...(make sure he can be
transparent), how do I do that?
Thanks Tom

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