amariani Posted September 8, 2013 Posted September 8, 2013 Any idea how to make outlined numbers and letters using Gimp? Quote
+Wrench Posted September 8, 2013 Posted September 8, 2013 what country? like ww2 Lufwaffe, IJA/IJN??? Soviet?? in PS there's a 'border' command in Modify --> border --> (set spacing). I've used it, but they didn't look quite right (for ww2 LW). I have a PSD of ww2 Japanese numbers and characters that I got from simmerspaintshop Quote
amariani Posted September 8, 2013 Author Posted September 8, 2013 In general, no specific country. I was just wondering if there was a way to making them using Gimp since I don't have PS. Quote
+Wrench Posted September 8, 2013 Posted September 8, 2013 well, I'm sure there must be!! I just don't know what it is!!! here's the psd with the IJN numbers. the real bitch with this, is you'll have to copy/paste OUT the individual ones you want, effectively creating a NEW psd for the number sequence you want to create. That's what I had to do for the IJN number I did for the Kates, Vals, and Zekes. hopefully, there's enough "colors" for you Quote
Heck Posted September 9, 2013 Posted September 9, 2013 The only gimp tutorial I ever saw on the subject had you create two layers, one small letter, or number, the other layer a larger letter, or number underneath it, on the second layer. Never tried it, as it seemed a rather tedious way to do it. Quote
+russouk2004 Posted September 9, 2013 Posted September 9, 2013 (edited) Get painshop pro 7.04 from or such from oldversions.com. free time limited.. I use it primarily for skins etc...and use photoshop for stuff it cant do.. its simple for stuff like this...lines etc too... Edited September 9, 2013 by russouk2004 Quote
Spinners Posted September 9, 2013 Posted September 9, 2013 Very briefly and from memory - Make them quite big (at least 512 x 512) in the 'main' colour then select that colour and add a border of about 2,3 or 4 pixels (experiment) and fill with your new colour (sometimes I'll do this with a brush with a feathered border). Then I'd normally scale them back down depending on whether they are serial numbers or individual letters and lower the opacity to suit. Quote
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