Rotating Text Grays It Out
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| Rotating Text Grays It Out | Melvis | 11 Jan 19:16 |
| Rotating Text Grays It Out | rich404 | 12 Jan 12:39 |
| Rotating Text Grays It Out | Melvis | 14 Jan 23:59 |
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Rotating Text Grays It Out
I'm trying to rotate a line of text but when I do, it "grays" it out. In other words, if I select black for the text, it looks dark and sharp but when I rotate it, it becomes gray and fuzzy. Is there a trick to this, or is that just the way Gimp works?
Thanks...
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Rotating Text Grays It Out
I'm trying to rotate a line of text but when I do, it "grays" it out. In other words, if I select black for the text, it looks dark and sharp but when I rotate it, it becomes gray and fuzzy. Is there a trick to this, or is that just the way Gimp works?
Thanks...
It will, typically for small text. Rotating involves interpolation and anti-aliasing, so what was a solid black pixel becomes partial and anti-aliased.
Various ways to reinforce the rotated text, easiest is duplicate the rotated layer and then merge down.
16 pixel size text, 20 second example: https://i.imgur.com/F4SijhS.mp4
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Rotating Text Grays It Out
It will, typically for small text. Rotating involves interpolation and anti-aliasing, so what was a solid black pixel becomes partial and anti-aliased.
Various ways to reinforce the rotated text, easiest is duplicate the rotated layer and then merge down.
16 pixel size text, 20 second example: https://i.imgur.com/F4SijhS.mp4
I appreciate the example video link.
When rotating the text (Georgia Bold, size: 19, using Gimp v2.10.8), I used the NoHalo option for the Interpolation setting in the left sidebar. This worked well enough in this instance that duplicating and merging were not needed.
Thanks!
