It is represented by a little paintbrush icon. In the layers menu, just above the layers’ names, check to make sure you don’t have the Lock Pixels icon enabled. If it is, that’s probably why your eraser isn’t working the way you expect. At the very bottom of the list you should see Anti erase (Alt). With the eraser tool selected, navigate to the bottom left-hand side of your screen to the tool settings. This will prevent the eraser from doing its job. Having it set at anything less than 100 will reduce the size of the space your eraser erases, so make sure you have it set to 100.Īnother reason why your eraser may not be erasing to transparency is because you have anti erase enabled in the tool settings. In GIMP version 2.10 and later, there’s now a Hardness option in the Eraser tool menu. This is unlikely to be a problem, but it’s possible if you’ve selected a corrupted brush. While you’re at it, go ahead and check which brush head you’re using with the eraser as well. Check the Tool Options panel and make sure the Opacity slider is all the way up at 100%. Eraser OpacityĪ less common reason why you may be having trouble erasing your image could be because the eraser opacity is set to 0. To rectify this, go to Select -> None and see if that does the trick.
If you have an active selection within GIMP at the moment, the eraser is only going to erase whatever is inside of that selection. Double check to make sure you’ve activated the correct later. The eraser will only work on the layer you have selected, so if you’re furiously trying to erase an image and nothing is happening on your canvas, it’s probably because you have a different layer selected. This may seem like common knowledge, but it’s a mistake that even I foolishly make once in a while. However, if the selection is grayed out (meaning there’s already an alpha channel added,) then something else has gone wrong. Then you are ready to export your file as your preferred image format.If the selection isn’t grayed out and you can actually click on it, there’s your problem. Path To Selectionįinally, select the bucket tool, a colour of your choice and apply your selection as per below.Īs the last step, turn the visibility of the layers that you don’t want and keep only the curved text. Step 5: Final touches and exportĬlick on the curved text layer and then go to the path tab to select the text boundaries. You just curved the text! Let’s make the text more presentable by filling it with colour. The curved text will be placed at the newly created layer. Now you need to click on the layer that your text is and right click on it and then click on “Text along path” to bend your text.
Create a new layer for the curved text Step 4: Curve the text It is recommended to name your new layer like “Curved Text” or something similar to easily identify it. I strongly suggest separating each different element of a GIMP image in different layers, in order to manipulate them easily like move, turn on/off an element etc.įollowing this rule our curved text will be placed at a new layer. My selections are for demonstration purpose only. You may want to change the font and the font size. When you are satisfied with your curved path, you can move to the next step and create your text. Curving the path Step 2: Create the text you want to curve First drag the line in the middle either up or down, and fine tune by moving the adjusting points. Select the paths tool and then having in mind roughly the position of the curved text, create your path by clicking once for the start and then for the end of path point. Step 1: Create a path that matches the type of curve you wantĬreate a new image or open an existing one. Please make sure that you have GIMP installed on your system already. In this GIMP tutorial, I’ll show you my preferred way of creating curve texts. Depending on how you will use it and the curvature you want to give to your text, some methods are better than others.
The versatile GIMP tool offers several ways to create curved text. When you are working on a badge, poster or any other composition in GIMP and you need to bend or curve some text.
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