During our last class we discussed the use of Gimp to manipulate text. Learning how to create an interesting text effect in an image editor is a great skill to have when styling a blog or a website. Those of you that have chosen to create a blog or an e-text for your final would be wise to study the following tutorials, and to seek out others.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7t5hsbtwrM: This video walks through creating an interesting metallic effect with multiple layers of text and styling.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjpRXMj8BOA: This tutorial is so easy to follow a child could do it (at least the narrator sounds like a child, so I put the pieces together and… I digress).
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=text+effects+in+gimp: Explore YouTube. Have fun!
