3/3/2023 0 Comments Gimp banner effect![]() ![]() The standard size for Stepmania banners is 256x80, but any multiple of that will be just fine, and other sizes too (418x164 is ITG standard, and I've seen 300x100 used before). ![]() It's time to start thinking about the aspect ratio of your banner. If you're unhappy with the positioning of the text, you can move it by click-and-drag while still using the Text tool. Here, I shrank the space by 3 pixels per letter pair. If you want to change the spacing between letters (I often do), the "a_b" category in the Text options on the Toolbox will do that for you. When you're ready, click in the place you want to put your text and type away. For this tutorial, I settled on Jenna Sue for the title of the song. You can use the Fonts dialog to quickly navigate your font options. Now that you have your background image opened, go left to the Toolbox, choose white as your foreground color, and select the Text tool (the bold 'A'). ![]() If you download and install new fonts while you have GIMP open, you'll have to restart GIMP (the next startup will take a LONG TIME, but don't worry, it's still doing work). I like AMP Font Viewer for previewing what text will look like in fonts you've already installed (dafont also allows you to conveniently do this for fonts available there). There are way too many fonts available from places like dafont. You can now open your background image (File -> Open.) I've chosen this dark abstract for the tutorial banner. You can drag them into each other to create one multipurpose dialog. These can all be opened from the menu bar (Windows -> Dockable Dialogs). GIMP has a lot of dockable dialogs that you'll probably find useful. Save this image in a work folder of your choice. This gives you room to crop or resize if you have to, while also allowing yourself room to make a BG out of it later if you so desire. Make sure to get a high resolution - at least 800圆00, bare minimum 640x480. The easiest, and probably one of the best, way to do this is to search Google Images for "hd backgrounds" or "hd abstract wallpapers" (turn on the Large setting in the sidebar), or to peruse Flickr for some keyword of your choice.įlickr also allows you to search by Creative Commons-licensed content for adaptation if you swing that way. Step 2: Find a suitable base image for your banner. You shouldn't have to do anything special during the setup process. The version I used in this tutorial is GIMP 2.6.10 for Windows, which I put on my lappy using the Windows installers listed on the download page. xcf (GIMP's native format), NOT something that flattens layers such as PNG. Don't forget to save often (Shift-Ctrl-S)!! ![]()
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