This is a GIMP script written in Python for putting an outline around text.
This plugin is based on a similar plugin by Pete Nu, available at: http://pete.nu/software/gimp-outliner/
The primary differences between the two are:
- His plugin is a little more general-purpose, and will draw outlines around any layer, not just text layers.
- This plugin will stroke the outline using your active brush and brush settings, rather than filling a selection.
- This plugin will auto-crop the layer to be as small as possible, rather than leaving it as the full image size.
To use this script, make sure that the selected layer is a text layer you want to outline, then choose "Text Outline" from the "Decor" submenu of the "Filters" menu.
The script will create a new, transparent layer underneath your selected layer, and draw the outline into that new layer.
- Save text-outline.py to your Gimp plugin directory.
- On Linux, this will be
~/.gimp-2.8/plug-ins/ - On Windows, apparently it might be something like
C:\Users\[username]\.gimp-2.8\plug-ins
- On Linux, this will be
- Restart GIMP
- Make sure that the selected layer is the one containing the text you want to outline.
- Choose "Text Outliner" from the "Decor" submenu of the "Filters" menu
That's it!