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Is there a way to do this quicker? - MAZ12211 - 08-26-2025

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
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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

RE: Is there a way to do this quicker? - Ofnuts - 08-27-2025


  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


RE: Is there a way to do this quicker? - rich2005 - 08-27-2025

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

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

RE: Is there a way to do this quicker? - CmykStudent - 08-27-2025

(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.