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   Dimitri   August 6th 09 at

   I tried this twice and it didn’t work. Could you recheck the steps. I think a step may be incorrect or missing. Thanks.

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   admin Reply:
   August 6th, 2009 at

   From what step does it go wrong? I’ve checked the steps and don’t see anything missing.
   But I’ll have an other look at it tomorrow.

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   sindre Reply:
   September 30th, 2009 at

   Thanx!:) your great!::))

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   Nessah   August 7th 09 at

   I don’t understand the part with
   “Set if needed the foreground color to white.”
   I did this. And now the text is black
   and the background is white?
   I wanted it done like yours.
   Black background with white outlined text.
   Can you be a bit more specific with the instructions
   It would really help. And thanks.
   Oh and btw what do you mean about “hide the text layer”
   How do I do this?

   All respects,
   -Nessah

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   admin Reply:
   August 7th, 2009 at

   I don’t understand what the problem is. By setting the foreground color to white the text you’ve already made isn’t going to change. You need to set white as the foreground color because the stroke selection is going to use the foreground color to stroke with.
   It added some more details about how to hide the text layer
   “Hide the text layer by clicking on the eye in front of the layer in the layer window.”

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   Christine   August 7th 09 at

   How do you make it from white blocky letters to white-outlined black letters? As in from the 2nd image to the 3rd image? I think there might be a step missing, or maybe I’ve just missed it myself. Thank you

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   admin Reply:
   August 7th, 2009 at

   I guess you didn’t hide the text layer.
   “Hide the text layer by clicking on the eye in front of the layer in the layer window.”

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   Nessah Reply:
   August 8th, 2009 at

   The same part that she got to is
   the same part I messed up in.
   Ill try to do what you said.

   Thank you for the tutorial though.
   Im really trying to accomplish this one.
   So ill try.
   Thanks

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   Christian   August 10th 09 at

   I’ve been going through your turorial, and it’s flawless, regardless of the comments above.
   This is how mine turned out: http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/5351/test1q.png gave it alittle personal touch.

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   Nessah   August 10th 09 at

   I finished the tutorial!

   You don’t mind if I make it on Youtube video?
   The exact instructions. 100% made from you?
   I really like it.

   Its very nice.
   Mine turned out like this: http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/pp13/menevolent/urs4334.jpg
   Its for my clan.

   Sorry for all the misunderstandings I put you through.

   I really like your tutorials
   And this one was fun to do

   -Nessah

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   admin Reply:
   August 11th, 2009 at

   Glad you made it! Please let me know the link to the Youtube video.

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   Nessah Reply:
   August 11th, 2009 at

   Of course I will!
   Don’t worry about it.
   Its absolutely lovely.
   Btw, whats your name?
   I need it for the video.
   At the moment, Im busy.
   When I have time, I’ll do it

   -Nessah

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   Chris   August 19th 09 at

   Waaaahh! I FINALLY got to understand how to do this It’s just that I was a little tired. Anyway, this is a really good tutorial and I recommend it. My patience really paid off because the effect is just beautiful. Thank you!

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   winston   August 20th 09 at

   great tutorial! worked fine

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   DiaX   August 21st 09 at

   It works all right, is an excellent tutorial!!

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   Storm   August 25th 09 at

   Hm, I’ve reworked this several time and still don’t get my gradient to show through the text only. Am using the newest versions of gimp and don’t think that would be an issue. Once I paint of paste the gradient over the transparent copy I of course loose my transparency. Figure this is where my problem lies but I could be wrong. Everything else is very straightforward and works out great. Sadly without the gradient blending with the nine layer’s of text properly it’s useless. Any thought’s advice on where I’m making my mistake would be appreciated.

   Mark.

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   michael Reply:
   September 5th, 2009 at

   I am having the same exact issue, I add the gradient with blend in normal mode, to the
   newly created layer, (which comes out on top by default), and then change the blend mode
   to Overlay with 70% opacity. Nothing gives, big fat rainbow on top of all my layers… any
   suggestions would be stellar. Thanks, Mike.

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   michael Reply:
   September 5th, 2009 at

   I actually figured out what we both might be doing wrong. In my case,
   I was changing the blend mode in the toolbox. You should be changing
   the blend mode inside the Layers Panel. Hope it helps. Fantastic Text
   effect, A+

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   Christina Reply:
   February 10th, 2010 at

   OMG!!! Thank You…I was having the same exact problem, now
   I got it. Thank You Michael.
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    Brook   August 30th 09 at

    Worked Perfectly, nice tutorial mate, keep it up.

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    NMI   August 31st 09 at

    Thanks for the tutorial. It worked flawlessly for me.

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    Darren Bell   September 1st 09 at

    Excellent tutorial, thank you for taking the time to make this, it’s much appreciated.

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    oscar   September 6th 09 at

    wow! just wow that’s really cool i used some other gradients to see if they
    looked alright but they where not as good as the gradient u used.

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    photoshop   September 8th 09 at

    Very good..keep it up

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    Paco   September 9th 09 at

    very nice!!!!
    got it to work first try but failed cuz text i chose made the letters to close so it was to blurry and couldnt really see it clearly, but imma try again

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    mary   September 18th 09 at

    I think this post is very good

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17. 

    juan   September 25th 09 at

    this worked perfectly thanks!!!

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18. 

    cubrikaska   October 4th 09 at

    Pienso que no sois derecho. Discutiremos.

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    Ari   October 30th 09 at

    It says click on the eye on the layer window, i don’t understand where this “eye” is?

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    Jakers   November 7th 09 at

    Hi i like the tutorial. I’m new to Gimp since switching from photoshop and windows…
    blurgh.

    http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=68703&id=560856309&saved#/photo.php?pid=2778370&id=560856309

    theres my variant on it! (my profile is open so u wont need to sign in or anything)

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    Brandon   November 23rd 09 at

    Hi, um everything is perfect on the tutorial but im having some problems at
    step 4. I did exactly what the tutorial said. I put the blend mode to addition
    before step 2. Then when I got to step 4 I created a new transparent layer and
    used the blend tool. When I did that nothing happened. I had a loading bar at
    the bottom for maybe .5 seconds.
    Please help as soon as possible thanks.

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    Mark   December 28th 09 at

    This dont work for me, im using GIMP, but cant get past step 1 lol, i cant make
    it so the text has just an outline….

    Any help to pass this step would be appreciated

    Kinda new to GIMP so

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    Mark Reply:
    December 28th, 2009 at

    Done this, now im stuck on the blending of the rainbow thing, i change it to overlay and 70% and nothing happens ?

    help please

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    asdf Reply:
    May 31st, 2011 at

    Same here!!!

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23. 

    syd   December 29th 09 at

    thx for the tut ur amazing

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24. 

    anung   January 7th 10 at

    I have just try Gimp. What a powerful freeware ..and good tutorial too. Thanks

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25. 

    Daniel   January 26th 10 at

    I can’t see the text after step 2 as you can – when I select the original layer, it hasn’t changed… please help!

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26. 

    rmare   January 27th 10 at

    Thanks man !!

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    Sam H   January 28th 10 at

    This works perfectly and is an awesome tutorial. Thanks heaps mate

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    Karsha   February 17th 10 at

    Step 2 I have big problems with! its weird I do everything you tell me too and the waves dont work on it for some weird reason could you help?

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    Hannah   February 27th 10 at

    Thank you soo much this is great… I wonder if you knew a way to alpha this I tried, but when i do i either loose some of the sparkles or it dosent work…any tips would be welcome!

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    Ossie   March 5th 10 at

    This pisses me quite a lot since I’ve done EXACTLY like the tutorial said I should and still I won’t get any colour at all when I do the step with the gradient. Can anyone help?

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    Kandy   March 10th 10 at

    HELP! When I tried step 4, I used the blend tool, blended it, changed the mode to overlay, and the opacity to 70%, but the words still won’t show! Please help!

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    Skyler   July 1st 10 at

    I am having a problem with the gradient step. I don’t know why my gradient won’t show up on the transparent layer. Help anyone?

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    peter   August 5th 10 at

    very nice tute! instead of the spectrum i just used a single blue color to create
    an electric style logo, also i didnt use the lens flare.

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34. 

    Glorte   September 23rd 10 at

    Thanks for your tutorial. I’m french, so your tutorials is realy important :p

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35. 

    Tramaine Robinson   October 16th 10 at

    Awesome tutorial! My text was great!

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    flor   December 18th 10 at

    Is there a different between the old and the new version?
    because i cant find edit-> stroke selection

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    sja   March 13th 11 at

    Worked for me but do you know how I can get rid of the black background and have it transparent so I can copy the text onto an image as a watermark?

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38. 

    Cory (RENO)   May 26th 11 at

    The people who don’t understand this tutorial are border line retarded.

    The tutorial was perfect step for step and perfectly detailed! Thank you so much
    for posting this!

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    Cloud Infinity   August 25th 11 at

    Thank you so much man! Everything turned out exactly how you said! I changed it up a bit and instead of using a full spectrum gradient, I changed my Foreground color to skyblue so my text has an icy effect. You rock man!

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    Um the Muse   September 2nd 11 at

    Thank you for this tutorial. I’m an absolute tyro (as in, I just downloaded this program on a lark and decided to try this tutorial) and I was able to get it done.

    The pieces that aren’t explained explicitly in the tutorial:
    1. Open the layers dialogue box by clicking the triangle in the top left of the toolbox’s tool-specific menu and selecting to show layers. This is necessary in order to see the icon of an eye.
    2.GIMP remembers the last filter that you use, so you can save yourself a step or two by clicking the Reshow “Wave” item. This isn’t necessary, just easier.
    3. To get the gradient to look like the picture, you will want to control click a line between the top and the bottom of where your text is located using the gradient tool
    4. After applying the gradient, switch to the layers view. Change transparency and mode from this menu, not the blur menu.

    Thanks again for making this tutorial simple and understandable. Please take the above as constructive criticism or at least further advice for people who are stuck.

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    LT   September 11th 11 at

    Great tutorial-Thanks!

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42. 

    Yangos   September 20th 11 at

    I think the step 2 is wrong…

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    louise   November 1st 11 at

    i dont know what is wrong with my version of gimp… it does not seem to let me use colour atall … i transfer colour to a layer and it just comes up as grey. and it wont let me transfer a gradient from the layer window onto a layer :/ on step three do you just change the angle each time?? thanks

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    Mario Fortuna   November 1st 11 at

    Great tutorial. I love it.Thanks

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45. 

    Duecalione   December 10th 11 at

    I did this, and it worked perfectly!! ^^ I had a lot of fun learning how to do this, and I will do this again <3

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    Maii   December 24th 11 at

    super awesome! ;DD

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