Lurid text effect plugin from Conbagui's tutorial (Edited)

Pocholo · **Posted:** Sun Aug 09, 2020 9:25 pm **(#1)**

Hi, is been a few month since I share my plugins, well this one leave here for you. It creates a plastic like text with neon center. You have the option to create the text with a glow and you have another option to change the neon color inside the text and the glow. Please leave comments

Ps The font used in this plugin is, "Confortaa" and it's a free font found here: https://www.dafont.com/comfortaa.font or use a thin rounded font for better results.

*** Fixed the size issues = Now you can make the text longer

Tas_mania · **Joined:** Nov 04, 2015 **Posts:** 1467

Text was escaping the canvas because I didn't d/load the Confortaa font

so I modded the script. I made it 2400x1200px and left the layers un-merged.
Remaining layers can be merged-down with 'merge all layers'. I prefer to see the effect of each layer.
Script needs 'all layers to image size' and 'remove alpha channel' but not so important.

oldmangrumpy · **Posted:** Mon Aug 10, 2020 2:30 am **(#3)**

Pocholo - thanks for the plug-in; however I seem to be having a problem similar to Tas_mania. I tried several times with different words but all were truncated in the output.

For example, the text I entered into the parameter form was 'lurid text'; it is truncated as per image below. Is there a limit on the number of characters that can be entered?

level_0 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 10, 2020 4:30 pm **(#4)**

Thank you Pocholo and MareroQ.
My preference goes to the second which allows to modify the layers.

Krikor · **Joined:** Dec 19, 2018 **Posts:** 164

Hi guys, I liked the option provided by Tas_mania, where I can play with the layers.
But with the version of Tas_mania you cannot work with longer texts, as described by oldmangrumpy.

Version 2 of Pocholo allows for bigger texts but it does block the possibilities that the plug-in can offer,

Would it be possible to unify the plug-in by allowing long texts and editing the layers?

Thank you very much in advance.

Graechan · **Posted:** Fri Aug 14, 2020 1:29 am **(#6)**

Can an old schemer give you python boys a hint, I heard that crack of thunder
width, height, ascent, descent = pdb.gimp_text_get_extents_fontname(text, size, size_type, fontname)
This will enable you to set your image size to fit the text, also a better way of creating a text layer is↓
text_layer = pdb.gimp_text_fontname(image, drawable, x, y, text, border, antialias, size, size_type, fontname)
as it allows for a border of extra pixels around the text.
then you can simply use width = pdb.gimp_drawable_width(text_layer) e.t.c.
Please forgive this old schemer for dabbling with snake talk. :roll:

Krikor · **Joined:** Dec 19, 2018 **Posts:** 164

ok, just I get it, did it alone :yes

Graechan · **Posted:** Fri Aug 14, 2020 9:04 pm **(#8)**

I can't wait to see the file

Pocholo · **Posted:** Fri Aug 14, 2020 9:35 pm **(#9)**

Hi Graechan! Thanks for the pointers, you expertise it's always welcome. I managed to fix the script and I re-posted it on the first post (pm_lurid_text_logo_(2).zip)

Issabella · **Posted:** Sat Aug 15, 2020 12:59 am **(#10)**

You got it, Pocholo the Lurid Text plug-in works great in long texts!

Graechan · **Posted:** Sat Aug 15, 2020 1:54 am **(#11)**

I haven't done or seen the tutorial, so my result from file is unusual

also it's best to create an image at the beginning rather than hope the user has

oldmangrumpy · **Posted:** Sat Aug 15, 2020 2:31 am **(#12)**

Thanks for fixing the text length issue

Issabella · **Posted:** Sat Aug 15, 2020 2:37 am **(#13)**

Graechan, I'm glad you being in the forum again. We need your talent, too. :yes

I like your text with waves, how? is it the font you used? :cool

Nice texts, Level, Krikor and OMG. :bigthup

Krikor · **Joined:** Dec 19, 2018 **Posts:** 164

Graechan wrote:

I can't wait to see the file

Hi Graechan,
I just turned it into comments the plugin lines that unified the layers into one.

Issabella wrote:

Graechan, I'm glad you being in the forum again. We need your talent, too. :yes

I like your text with waves, how? is it the font you used? :cool

Nice texts, Level, Krikor and OMG. :bigthup

Hi Issabella,
With the available layers the options are extended.

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Pocholo · **Posted:** Sat Aug 15, 2020 9:05 am **(#15)**

Graechan wrote:

I haven't done or seen the tutorial, so my result from file is unusual
[ Image ]
also it's best to create an image at the beginning rather than hope the user has

I like your version Graechan. Your letters look like vehicle tires :yes

It looks like you used Brush spacing or "dynamics brush spacing"?

Krikor · **Joined:** Dec 19, 2018 **Posts:** 164

Just another variation using just the plug-in

Issabella · **Posted:** Sun Aug 16, 2020 1:27 am **(#17)**

Krikor, nice look in your text. So, I think you have got the possibility to get the different layers in the process. That is a good idea. :yes

Mine is merged at the end.

mahvin · **Joined:** Oct 06, 2010 **Posts:** 4050

My spin on the Pocholo Lurid effect:

Pocholo · **Posted:** Wed Sep 16, 2020 12:38 pm **(#19)**

Nice outcome, Mahvin. I like the rocky look. :coolthup