Text on a Path....

[Billy G.]

I need a VERY elementary tutorial (GIMP version 3.0.4) with basic steps.... 

I'm putting text in a waving banner....

[rich2005]

(Yesterday, 04:30 PM)Billy G. Wrote: I need a VERY elementary tutorial (GIMP version 3.0.4) with basic steps.... 

I'm putting text in a waving banner....

This will very much depend on the banner. Can you give some reference or a screen shot of the flag / banner you intend to use. An actual image is best.

OK Found a flag on the internet. For something like this,   Text-along-path will look odd, so individual letters to paths then adjust letters using unified transform in paths mode.
..but not exactly elementary

   

[Billy G.]

Thanks, Rich!

I can get <ALL> the letters (entire phrase) in the banner, but wasn't sure where to go from there....hmmmm...

[rich2005]

Thanks, that makes it easier to describe.  Sad but Gimp 2.10 and Ofnuts plugins are better, however using Gimp 3 and standard tools:

   

Several steps involved, this little 3 minute video should get you started (not using youtube this on my storage)
https://filedn.com/lkb9dw6mEfXSsOu9uKLaM...g-path.mp4