How to change text inside a graphic

[Peter Linu]

Hiyall,
Absolute beginner here.
I have been given a nice graphic into which I would like to delete existing text and replace with my text.
I am on Mint 22.3 on a Lenovo M920q with 32Gb RAM. I use GIMP 2.10.36.
Pic attached.

[sallyanne]

Normally if the background was one solid colour I would take a sample of that and fill the whole area in with that colour then put your new text on top.
Looks like it is a gradient.
So take a sample of the top with the colour picker as the foreground. Then a sample of the bottom with the colour picker tool again as the background colour. Select the area with rectangle select and with the gradient tool select the foreground to background gradient in linear shape. Put your cursor at the top of the picture in the centre (use guides to be exact, vertical at 50% should be enough) and draw to the bottom. Select > none. Then with the text tool, select area over picture and put new text in. Centre align it if need be.

[rich2005]

Removing the text is relatively easy using the Clone tool https://docs.gimp.org/2.10/en/gimp-tool-clone.html Use Fixed mode, round brush about 18 pix then ctrl-click for the source, draw in straight lines shift-ctrl click.

The text is a little peculiar if you want to try replicating it. I think the font is Nimbus Sans / Italic It seems to have a faint dark outline which you can get using the Drop Shadow tool. All depends how keen you are. Moving text with text tool is ctlr-alt click-n-drag (otherwise use the move tool with active layer enabled)

A two and a half minute video of that: https://sendvid.com/mgvrgnaa

[denzjos]

Another option is to select a green area without text. Copy the selection and paste it into a new layer. Select 'None'. Then scale the new layer in the x-direction so that the text disappears under the layer. I noticed that both sides of the scaled layer are transparent. I think this is because the 'Antialiasing' option in the 'Rectangle Selection Tool' cannot be disabled (it is displayed in gray). Gimp 3.2.4 . Bug?

   

   

[rich2005]

Never noticed that before. A try with Gimp 2.10.38 and it is the same as with 3.2 The same effect using unified transform and the scale tools

If you use Layer -> Scale Layer , break the link between Width and Height then increase width that retains a sharp edge. At least it does here.

[denzjos]

(Yesterday, 06:13 PM)rich2005 Wrote: Never noticed that before. A try with Gimp 2.10.38 and it is the same as with 3.2  The same effect using unified transform and the scale tools

If you use Layer -> Scale Layer ,  break the link between Width and Height then increase width that retains a sharp edge. At least it does here.

'Scale Layer' gives the correct result here. Thanks rich.