Adding Depth to Text in GIMP (Tutorial) - Outlines, Strokes, Shadows, and Textures - Jody Bruchon
Channel: Jody Bruchon
Date: 2021-05-30

GIMP is great, but it doesn't outline your text for you. In this tutorial, I demonstrate how to add a lot of depth to your otherwise boring GIMP text layers. This tutorial also demonstrates the creation of a textured background and a texture layer from scratch.

0:00 Intro
0:15 Getting Started
0:44 Start a Simple Background with Render: Plasma
1:15 Use Colorize to Mute the Plasma
1:49 Lay Down and Format Your Text
4:27 Explaining Text Layers and Paths
5:44 Create an Outline with Stroke Path
7:42 Create a Shadow with Fill Path, Gaussian Blur, and Move
13:07 Create a Texture Layer and Apply to the Text
15:30 Tip for Testing Out Different Layer Modes
21:34 Using Noise: Pick for Adding Texture Detail
22:43 Merge Down and the Final Image
23:18 Using Layer Groups to Organize Layers
24:22 E-begging and Well Wishes
24:48 Outro/Credits

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