![]() Now that your gradient options have been set, confirm that your Bump Map layer is active and the Keep Transparency option is checked, then click and drag anywhere on the GIMP image window to add a gradient to your text. and here's a final shot of the Gradient dialog. Click on the Gradient button as shown and choose FG to Transparent. I personally think Dimpled looks best, but that's my opinion. Each has its own way of working and I'll show you screenshots of what each one looks like. Here, you can pick one of the three gradient choices as shown in the dropdown: Angular, Spherical, or Dimpled. Next, double-click on the Gradient Tool Button to open up the Gradient Tool Options Dialog. First swap your colors so that you have the Foreground Color as white. ![]() Step 4 Now, we need to add a gradient to the Bump Map layer. What this will do is limit our effect to only those areas of the layer that are NOT transparent. Now, click on the Duplicate Layer Button at the bottom of the Layer Dialog Window and your Layer Dialog should now resemble this (Notice I've changed the names of the layers for reference.) Step 3 Next, click on the Bump Map layer in the Layer Dialog Window to make it the active layer and then click on the 'Keep Transparency' checkbox. Your layers should now resemble this: Notice that my text layer is 'blue'.this means the text layer is active, which is what we want. If you need to re-position the text, click on the Move Tool (4-headed arrow) and drag your text layer to the location of your choice. Next click on your GIMP window and add your text. Step 2 Double-click on the Text tool button and choose the Ringbearer font and set the font size according to your needs and make sure Anti-Aliasing is turned on as shown below. You can make it any color you wish, but I suggest something that will be different from the color of the text.I'm using a white background. ![]() Step 1 Open up GIMP and create a new document (File Menu > New or Ctrl+N). I'll show you screenshots of each style so that you can see the differences between them. Depending on the effect you're after, you can choose any of them. We'll be using some under-utilized GIMP gradient blend shapes to accomplish this task: specifically the Angled, Spherical, and Dimpled Shapes. Just make sure you install the font prior to starting this tutorial so it will be available once you restart GIMP. This site also has a lot of other cool fonts, as well! I won't cover the specifics of installing fonts, but if you need help, just let me know. If you would like to follow with me, you'll need to download the Ringbearer font (Click Me!). ![]() In this tutorial, I'll show you how to make a Lord of the Rings-style text effect, as shown below.(I've also attached a pdf file of the tutorial to the bottom of this thread so that you can download and review at your leisure) This tutorial, is written so that even GIMP-newb can accomplish it however, you GIMP veterans will go through this quickly. ![]()
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