Downloaded HERO template & GIMP - First HERO

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(01-28-2011 06:36 PM)vikinglad Wrote:  Nice, thanks. I am going to keep plodding forward at night in the mean time. Tonight I guess I will try to delete all of the text and make my own. So you delete that entire layer that the text is on, then just make a new layer on top and write new text there, right?

I watched the video tutorial. It wasn't that helpful. It told me everything I had learned myself by fooling with GIMP for 5 minutes, but answered none of my questions that came up.

Spoiler Alert: That annoying girl lives through the entire video!

No dont do that, keep the existing text layer as a "go-by" untill the new text is on a different layer and in the right place and at the right size on the card. I use the original text for alignment of the New text.

I'll keep posting back here, GIMP is not hard just needs the time investment to figure out.

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Quote: On the Layers window, right button on the text layer, choose "Text Tool" and it opens the initial dialog box to type text, where you can change it.

There must be an easier way though.

It was from here:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=915628

I tried that could not get it to work for the life of me. I believe they go on to say once the text is complete and the image saved it becomes un-editable. I am very use to click and edit. But I can manage this slower process ok.