Re: [SLUG] Refresh my feeble mind

From: Bob Stia (rnr@sanctum.com)
Date: Fri Sep 25 2009 - 21:16:44 EDT


On Friday 25 September 2009 08:30:55 Ken Elliott wrote:
> >> ... but what I really want to do is insert a page (image of text)
> >> before a series of photos explaining what
>
> is coming next.
>
> I've done this in Photoshop and GIMP. I make a copy of the photo and place
> text on top. Then I fade from photo #1 to photo #2, and all you see is the
> text fade in. You can separate sections by fading to a black image, then
> to a black image with text, then back to black, and now with photos. It
> sounds like a lot of work, but if you use layers, you can have a file with
> all the text in place and simply turn layers on/off and save to JPG. If
> you know the screen resolution of the display machine, go ahead and
> down-res the photo. Both PS and GIMP do a vastly better job of this than
> relying on slide-show software, and you don't tax the cpu by forcing it to
> down-res each shot.
>
> If you are a Photoshop user, get GIMP-Shop. It is a fork of GIMP with
> PS-like menus and is much easier to use (IMHO).
>
Thanks Ken,

I'll try that fancy stuff when I have time. In the meantime I am using Gimp
making a new document, then the text tool and saving it.

Bob S
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