I'm new here.

Thanks for the warm community.

I know about the "Export Layers As..." plug in. It has saved me many countless hours.

However I'm wondering about something else in that arena.

I have a folder with 48 PNG images, all the exact same image, each with a different color variation:

Image 1

I have opened each of these files as its own layer. I would like to type the same text ON ALL OF THEM:

Image 2

I then want to export each one as a PNG with that text on it.

Is this possible? I'm kind of a newbie here...any way that this can be done or any advice would be helpful. Thanks so much!

Over the past several months, I've grown amused over how updates for one program can adversely impact  another.

Especially in context with internet browsers Firefox, Chromium, and Konqueror.   Won't go into specifics there because I appreciate this is not the place for "that", other than to say I've been watching a ping pong game where updates to "A" introduce problems to "B", breaking specific functionality...which inspires a fix, that in turn the fix to "B" wreaks havoc upon "A", and the cycle repeats.

I guess that "independence" of the open source model has it's own unfortunate consequences?

Specific to graphics software. I've been installing on separate machines,  various vintages of Krita, versions 4.4.2.   4.4.8,   and 5.0.2 without major difficulty ( other than the Gmic issue with 5.0.2)

When installing those,... I always notice a transaction listing claiming to remove an inkscape file.   evidently it replaces said file with an updated equivalent, because my old inkscape app continues to function.

However just this past weekend, I noticed that an update for inkscape was being offered. I believe the update was from my  original install of version 1.0.2-3 to a new offering of 1.1.2-3+b1

So, I updated Inkscape, and thereafter the synaptic package manager refused to install Krita (any vintage) on my machine, citing that I must fix broken packages, before proceeding.

So, clearly the inkscape update fluxxored my system in some way to prohibit the install of Krita (on new media that had never previously had Krita as a resident program)

And attempts to fix broken packages were stonewalled. I eventually ended up having to reformat, and do a completely fresh install, forgoing the update to inkscape in order to install Krita 4.4.2   Which worked fine

But my questions, is this type of  conflict between programs common place?   Is this the reason many of you have become advocates of "flat paks" and "AppImages"....to put an end to such hijinks?  I think I'm about to become a believer

GIMP 2.10.28
Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS snap installed

I am trying to install the Photolab CurveBatch plug-in, does this plug-in work with 2.10.28, I know you have to edit a if statement but I cannot get it to show in the filter menu, even after creating a folder in the plug-in folder in preferences.

I found instructions for curving text and followed them to the letter and didn't get the results that was expected. Here is the URL where I 
was at: https://itsfoss.com/curve-text-gimp/

Here are the steps I took.
1. I opened a blank ribbon banner in which I wanted to put the curved text.
2. I created a new path by clicking on the Paths Tool, entering both beginning and ending points.
3. I created a new layer and named it "Curved Text". I looked and it didn't show up where your "It's Foss Curved Text Tutorial" appeared above "Background" on the right side of the screen. In fact, nothing showed up.
4. I clicked on the text icon and adjusted the text size to 120 from 62 (or something) and clicked onto where I wanted the text to begin, which was the same place I had already clicked on in order to get that little pop-up box to come up. I then typed in my wanted text.
5. With the supposed layer still open, I right-clicked on the text and selected "Text Along Path". It created a new, curved text in hollow letters ABOVE my text. So, it didn't merge. Perhaps it was because Gimp didn't create a "Curved Text" layer above my "Unnamed" o the right side of the screen.
6. I actually moved my original text so that I could click on the new text and right-clicked on that, but there was no "Path to Selection" option.
7. I kept messing around, trying different things and suddenly I noticed there was a "Path" layer directly above "Unnamed" with the eye next to it. But there was also a second layer named "Path #1" above the layer "Path". I have no idea how that happened.
8. I decided to move on anyway with the eye still on the "Path" layer, which was my original new layer (I supposed, although it didn't have the name I gave it).
9. I selected the Bucket Fill tool, kept the color at black, clicked in the area of where the new hollow text was, and nothing happened.
10. I just now, for reasons I can't tell you because I do not know, I clicked in the original black text I put in, in step #4 above. Everything but the inside of the letters "A" and "D" turned black! So, SOMETHING worked, just not the way I expected.

So, That's where I'm at. I'm trying to make a logo for a friend's sewing school in Africa, going in places in Gimp where I've never been before, but at least I actually followed instructions. And, YES, I'm a male. LOL Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have included a photo. Thanks.
Cris

P.S. The larger ribbon behind the one with the new curved text in it was the original ribbon. The one with the text in it is a picture of the results I got from the above steps, which I just copied over the top of the original one. It took me a minute to figure that out. It's 4:50 a.m. and I think I'm a little tired. LOL

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This is a newbie question !
How do i close a second path to another one without reactivating the the first one.

Thanks for the help.

When I press F1 for help a window pops up that says 2.2 Image Window - GIMP Help Browser but there's nothing in it (empty white page). Then after about 30 seconds there's a page of help called "2.2 Image Window" but no other help pages - I only get that one. I clicked on something and got a message saying something like "You need to install help in order to use the help" but I can't do that because I don't know how - I would need the Help to tell me how to install the Help in the first place(!)

This is a brand-new installation of 2.10.30 on a brand-new installation of Win 8.1

I recently upgraded my iMac (12.2.1) to Version 2.10.30 of GIMP.  When I tried to open the app, I got a window that said "Verifying Gimp-2.10."  The verification never completed running and I still have the window.  I subsequently downloaded the app again, but this time the screen to transfer the app to the applications folder froze.  I managed to copy the file to the applications folder manually.  I ran the app, another verification window opened and quickly completed and the app runs fine.  BUT, now I still have the original verification window and I cannot get rid of it.  Clicking on the "x" at the end of the progress bar does nothing.  There is no red (nor green) button to close the window.  any suggestions would be appreciated.

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Hi everyone, As there is no direct way to contact the website, I'm not sure where I should post this but I thought here might be the place start. I don't know if anything can be done about them but I've found a couple of problems with the fonts used for the script examples in the Help documentation - both in the PDF file and on the website.

1) In the PDF file, when doing a copy/paste of the script examples, there is an error for the apostrophe. It doesn't happen with the documentation on the website because it uses a different font. Screenshot shows the difference between the pasted text and me changing the apostrophe.

   

This is rather problematic for newbies like me who don't really need errors coming up for nothing more than the font being used I'm not sure many of us would even consider the font as being the problem.

2) On the website documentation (tried in Firefox and Google Chrome) the font size of the script examples is tiny compared to the other text and it's difficult to read. It's fine in the PDF files.


   

I want to create a transparent background for a pic using GIMP on my MAC. I duplicate the layer, use the foreground tool to select and fill my image, hit return, then initialize layer mask for selection. When I hit "add", the background does not disappear like I hoped. Attached is the image just before I "add" the layer masks. The "after" shot looks just the same. The background has not disappeared. Any thoughts?

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So... I'm very new to GIMP and anything creative.  I'm trying to setup a template for my wife.  She wants to podcast with a custom background, once or twice a week.  After all the tutorial videos and messing around with the app for a few days, I've decided to do this with the setup in the picture. layers: title, subtitle, footer, overlay, image of whatever for the wallpaper... Then, I created a channel for her host/co-host selection areas.  That way, I can just create a new layer from visible based off all her data that changes every few days, and apply a layer mask from the channel I created. 

My issue is.. I've found myself wanting to adjust the selected area in a channel that has multiple selections in it.  When I go into my channel and hit replace selection with this channel, and have multiple selections on the screen, I cannot edit just one of the selections.  Is there a way to do that? or am I stuck recreating the final channel from scratch?  I intend on making overlay channels for 2-5 people with and without sharing a desktop for OBS scenes (8 channels).

It's not horribly complicated to remake selection channels, but it takes a good bit of work to get them lined up properly (making sure the scale on each selection is right and the spacing from the edges all line up).... and it would be nice to move individual parts of the selections like I can when I'm creating them.  That way I can just click select save to channel again after I make some small tweaks.

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