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08-02-2021, 06:04 AM
I recently tried to make a banner. The background was nice, but I guess antialiasing with very visible steps like blocks is really hard to miss. Especially when the image size is not small. Is there anything we can do about this ? Thanks.
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08-02-2021, 07:51 AM
(08-02-2021, 06:04 AM)meetdilip Wrote: I recently tried to make a banner. The background was nice, but I guess antialiasing with very visible steps like blocks is really hard to miss. Especially when the image size is not small. Is there anything we can do about this ? Thanks.

A banner - Image size not small.  Did the image start off small and did you upscale it ? Text created on a large canvas will not have any worse anti-aliasing than on something smaller, if anything it is better.

If it is a banner for sending to a printer, then perhaps you should be using Inkscape.
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08-02-2021, 10:10 AM
It was an 800x350 image. No, I did not upscale the image.

But yes, I am a bit wrong here. I am actually talking about the image outline I achieved through Select > Grow. Totally got confused between them. Thanks.
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08-02-2021, 02:37 PM
Long ago, I remember seeing a plugin that adds a stroke-like effect to the text in GIMP. It was during 2.8 times.

I wonder whether there is anything much cleaner than Grow select to add a stroke in 2.10. Thanks.
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08-02-2021, 02:41 PM (This post was last modified: 08-02-2021, 02:46 PM by rich2005.)
Is it to outline text ?

Ofnuts mentioned one of his plugins here: https://www.gimp-forum.net/Thread-Help-n...9#pid24979

An old plugin ? The LayerFX plugin has a stroke option.

For Gimp 2.10 use the drop shadow tool, see the screenshot back a couple of posts from that referenced post.
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08-02-2021, 03:52 PM (This post was last modified: 08-02-2021, 03:53 PM by meetdilip.)
Yes, I think it was LayerFX plugin. Can I see a demo of it somewhere ? Is it available for 2.10 ? Thanks.

The @Ofnuts plugin looks very nice.
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08-02-2021, 04:05 PM
It is the attachment here: https://www.gimp-forum.net/Thread-Layer-...9#pid20449

In my Gimp appimage looks like this: https://i.imgur.com/ekhrYP0.jpg
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08-02-2021, 04:16 PM
Thanks. But there is an overflow when I choose Bevel and Emboss

   
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08-02-2021, 04:41 PM
It is an ancient plugin. Not everything works. There are other plugins for bevel and emboss.

For an outline why not try the Gimp 2.10 drop shadow. X and Y = 0 Blur Radius = 0 Opacity maxed at 2.00 Set the grow radius and colour.

   
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08-02-2021, 05:05 PM
No problem. I am happy with other aspects of it. Thanks.
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