Using perspective tool...

akky · **Joined:** Apr 09, 2011 **Posts:** 1764

Someone asked in a graphics group I belong to about adding text to something like a book to make it look like its the original title. So I wrote a short tutorial about it...can I post it here please???

Oregonian · **Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2011 5:05 pm **(#2)**

If it's a gimp tutorial, please do post it.

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16194

Love to see it.

Willy · **Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2011 8:00 pm **(#4)**

Akky please share

jakeyjoey · **Joined:** Mar 10, 2011 **Posts:** 105

Post away.

akky · **Joined:** Apr 09, 2011 **Posts:** 1764

Someone asked in a graphics group I belong to about adding text to something like a book to make it look like its the original title. I fiddled with it and this is what happened. I wouldn't know if this has been done somewhere before but I've never seen it. I used an Italic font so it looks a bit slanted in any case.

1. open image on transparent background.

2. choose text and font

3. So add font the way you want it and then choose perspective tool :perspect

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4. Line up the straight lines with the edges of the book so that they are equally
margined on all sides

and then click transform. This looks a little slanted but I was using an italic font

akky · **Joined:** Apr 09, 2011 **Posts:** 1764

By the way, it was a psp group but I only ever use GIMP...they arent worried about what I use and are happy to share ideas and info.

dd · **Joined:** Apr 10, 2011 **Posts:** 532

I've found that you get better results by first changing the text to path, then transforming the path with the perspective tool, and then changing path to selection and filling the selection.

akky · **Joined:** Apr 09, 2011 **Posts:** 1764

I'll give it a whirl...I was really only experimenting and didnt know if it would work when I did it. Thanks for the input!

2-ton · **Posted:** Sat Apr 30, 2011 7:38 am **(#10)**

hmmm, and maybe you can make it a gold texture and make it look embossed!

Jolie · **Posted:** Sat Apr 30, 2011 7:48 am **(#11)**

2-ton wrote:

hmmm, and maybe you can make it a gold texture and make it look embossed!

For that you could try using the path you made earlier. Stroke it with yellow, or a paintbrush and using a gold gradient. And then use bevel and emboss from the layer effects script.

2-ton · **Posted:** Sat Apr 30, 2011 8:57 am **(#12)**

I combined this perspective tut with Jolie's inner shadow tut and came up with this. Posted here on Jolie's thread.
viewtopic.php?f=10&t=1641&p=20578#p20578

Willy · **Posted:** Sat Apr 30, 2011 9:46 am **(#13)**

Very Cool Tut Akky

Oregonian · **Posted:** Sat Apr 30, 2011 9:53 am **(#14)**

Nice tutorial, akky, thank you for posting it. :bigthup

Just FYI, we have a group of tool icons in the smilies box to the left of the text entry box that come in handy for explaining how to do things.

Not everyone is aware that they are available.

I put the Perspective Tool icon :perspect

in your tutorial.

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Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16194

Nice tutorial Akky!

Thanks for sharing it with us.

Lianam · **Joined:** Feb 06, 2011 **Posts:** 342

Here is my attempt. i changed the color of the book. My letters went blurry/fuzzy on me after I used the perspective tool. I am not sure if it was my font I used, the gold blend color, or maybe both?? LOL

Liana

akky · **Joined:** Apr 09, 2011 **Posts:** 1764

it looks nice though Liana.
Thanks for the comments everyone. Its good to get other peoples take on things as well.

2-ton · **Posted:** Sat Apr 30, 2011 8:53 pm **(#18)**

Jolie wrote:

2-ton wrote:

hmmm, and maybe you can make it a gold texture and make it look embossed!

For that you could try using the path you made earlier. Stroke it with yellow, or a paintbrush and using a gold gradient. And then use bevel and emboss from the layer effects script.

I never could find the text to path, so I just used selection.

Dalia · **Joined:** Dec 10, 2013 **Posts:** 1004

Ok, that was hard and I'm still not happy with the way the lettering looks. I was in the zone though and for that, thank you!