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Title: GIMP Tutorial: Replacing Text with Simlish
Post by: shastakiss on May 09, 2017, 06:37:41 PM
A tumblr friend asked how I add Simlish to an image - I hope this is helpful.

I chose this painting (http://society6.com/product/happy-halloween-phq_print#1=45) by Jay Fleck, I think its proportions will fit the Nightlife Pineapple poster. Since the poster uses a 512 pixel tall texture, I scaled my image first:
Toolbar > Image > Scale Image... Height: 512
To match the orange text, I used the eyedropper tool (shortcut o) on the werewolf
Add a new layer (shift-ctrl-n) - name it whatever you like, I named mine simlish
(http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z43/snoopy1625/ygs%20GIMP%20simlish/simlishtut1_zpsmmgkv2qh.png)

shortcut t opens the fonts in your Tool Options, hopefully you've already downloaded some Simlish fonts (http://franzillasims.tumblr.com/post/152287704681/giant-list-of-simlish-fonts-collect-em-all-do). I'm going to use ajaysim's Simlish Sans Light (http://ajaysims.tumblr.com/post/95315050254/simlish-sans-light-download-here-a-light-version) for this.
GIMP's text tool options are pretty Word-Processor intuitive, I selected Right justified to start.
(http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z43/snoopy1625/ygs%20GIMP%20simlish/simlishtut2_zpsxe2ko44v.png)

I ended up with 52 font size and adjusted the kerning to 1.7 but I need much taller letters! ctrl-c the floating text layer, select the simlish layer and ctrl-v. Untick the eye on the text layer so you can see what you're doing

With the pasted text still floating on the simlish layer, toolbar > Layer > Scale Layer...
(http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z43/snoopy1625/ygs%20GIMP%20simlish/simlishtut3_zps8hbbuu6t.png)

Click on the chain to unlink it so you can increase the height without increasing the width. (I ended up scaling it to Height: 450 but that's just this particular simlish font with this particular image.)

I moved stuff around a little and pasted the tall letters onto my simlish layer.
(http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z43/snoopy1625/ygs%20GIMP%20simlish/simlishtut4_zpst0ngewdz.png)

Not necessary but I copied the orange simlish text and pasted it onto a new layer directly underneath. I switched this lower layer from orange to white, I think/hope it adds just a little visual pop to have some white peeking out.

Select your original image (bottom layer) and eyedrop tool (shortcut o) the background color. I usually just choose a big brush size and paint over the original image's text. If the original image has a patterned background I copy a section of the pattern and paste it over the original text.

(http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z43/snoopy1625/ygs%20GIMP%20simlish/simlishtut5_zpsmoxmpnt1.png)

It's a little blurry since I stretched it so much vertically, I'd probably fiddle with it some more if I was going to actually make this into a poster, a combination of hand-painting and the sharpen tool (Toolbar > Filters > Enhance > Sharpen...).

Please let me know if anything is unclear. I'm very happy to try and answer questions here or at my simblr :)
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