Radio Station Image

[missmacabresass]

http://www.mediafire.com/?k4inoni7i58q472

if you use this one i would right click on the white layer >alpha to selection> and then go over with white, i just copied image from the forum so its a bit grainy on the white.

[Bill Betten]

I know I can do this, grrrr!, lol.

[Bill Betten]

It is so hard to read a siple direction soetimes. I have the background white,,,,,but cant seem to follow thru the rest of your instructions

[missmacabresass]

im sorry here ill try to do better.

ok...so the background is white, ahh i think i see, ok so

start a new layer (the paper on the left bottom corner of your tool box)
put it under your working layer (just drag and slide it under)
right click on your working layer in the toolbox
go to the top of the right click menu to merge down
now click on the working layer in tool box
and grab the select by color tool (the finger pointing to three colors)
click on the white
now you should have it selected the marching ants will be surrounding it
now all the white should be gone...unfortunately your letters white too, but
you can make another layer
drag and slide that one under your working layer
take a paint brush
enlarge it with ] and get the area of the letters
you can then use [ to make your brush smaller to get the corners
i hope this helps better than my others, im going to do the white part on the file above and re upload it for ya with just the sign its gonna take a couple seconds mostly for upload time, ill be right back.

[missmacabresass]

im sorry its not letting me upload, do you have the original file? and would you mind posting it? oh and if you want to save it with the layers you can save it as .xcf then it wont merge all your layers.

[ofnuts]

[quote='Bill Betten' pid='9212' dateline='1329955421']
Hush now!, lol. How do I make the background transparent please?/quote]

http://gimpforums.com/thread-proper-subj...d-painting

(yes, it's a bit of reading, but it tells you some more things that apply to your current project)

[Bill Betten]

Original Sign

I think I should start fresh with the original file which will have the highest resolution. Do the transparent BG first, then create my logo.
Input please?

[ofnuts]

If you start from an SVG (vector graphics) and only add text to it, you'd better be using InkScape, which is meant for vector graphics instead of Gimp.

An intermediate solution is to import the SVG in Gimp as a path(*).

(*) My 2.6.8 doesn't import the SVG file properly but my 2.7.2 does, so hopefully you may nto have problems with 2.6.11/2.6.12.

[Bill Betten]

If I am going to start completly fresh, should I convert this to a JPG, BMP, TIFF, first, so there is not a ongoing issue? This logo (highway sign) will be used on Business Cards, Letterheads, Flyers, the header of the website, static stickers, etc.

(Feb 23, 2012 14:59)ofnuts Wrote:  If you start from an SVG (vector graphics) and only add text to it, you'd better be using InkScape, which is meant for vector graphics instead of Gimp.

An intermediate solution is to import the SVG in Gimp as a path(*).

(*) My 2.6.8 doesn't import the SVG file properly but my 2.7.2 does, so hopefully you may nto have problems with 2.6.11/2.6.12.

[ofnuts]

If you use Gimp, keep it as XCF, with a size in pixels big enough to print 300DPI on about Letter size (about 2400 pixels wide). Export to PNG/PDF/EPS or else when needed.

If you use Inkscape, use SVG, and export to PNG/PDF/EPS etc.

[Bill Betten]

I am at a stand still here, cannot figure out the transparency deal at all,,,,

(Feb 23, 2012 14:59)ofnuts Wrote:  If you start from an SVG (vector graphics) and only add text to it, you'd better be using InkScape, which is meant for vector graphics instead of Gimp.

An intermediate solution is to import the SVG in Gimp as a path(*).

(*) My 2.6.8 doesn't import the SVG file properly but my 2.7.2 does, so hopefully you may nto have problems with 2.6.11/2.6.12.

[ofnuts]

OK, made it simpler for you, just start with the attached file. You only need to add the two layers for your call sign and frequency. Otherwise call for help.

[Bill Betten]

Where is the attached file please?

Bill,,

(Feb 25, 2012 13:06)ofnuts Wrote:  OK, made it simpler for you, just start with the attached file. You only need to add the two layers for your call sign and frequency. Otherwise call for help.

[ofnuts]

Oops.

Here it is.

[Bill Betten]

Ok, I would love input on this final product, thanks for all the help!