Is there a way to do this quicker?

[MAZ12211]

Basically I want to make two outlines for an album text via making a text object -> Alpha to selection -> making two empty layers and use grow by 3 px and then fill the color for both outlines (one is custom, the other is pure black), then rotate all three layers by 15deg with NoHalo

Here's an image reference


10 images in and this process has gotten tedious and slow, so is there a way to quicken this process without making a plugin?
Making plugins sounds very intimidating and I don't know if what I want sounds complicated to translate in the code

[Ofnuts]

1. Filters > Generic > Text styling with the big plus that you can recall the values of previous usages. Despite what the name implies, it can be used on non-text layers. It is also a NDE filter, so you can tweak it later
   
2. The old technique: Layers > Text to path, followed by Edit > Stroke path on a new layer
   

[rich2005]

An alternative:
If using Gimp 3.1 (as indicated) then try the text tool options. All there and text is still editable.

   

Note: The outline colour option is broken on my Gimp 3.0.4 - Change the colour and Gimp crashes

[CmykStudent]

(08-27-2025, 07:21 AM)rich2005 Wrote: Note: The outline colour option is broken on my Gimp 3.0.4 - Change the colour and Gimp crashes

Yes, that's a bug that's fixed in source and in GIMP 3.1.2. We're planning a stable 3.0.6 release (likely after the upcoming 3.1.4 dev release) that will contain the fix as well.