[CALUG] adding simple text to images

[Scott Mohnkern]

You could probably do this with Open office draw , and then Export to bmp or
gif.


Scott Mohnkern


On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Walt Smith <waltechmail at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> hi,
>
> how can I add some simple text to an image, either photos
> or a bmp ( that I created years ago with some windows
> program ) ??  The images open OK in any viewer....
>
> I want to clear a rectangular area, and paste in text.
>
> I have
> eye of gnome
> evince
> gthumb
> showphoto
> digikam
> gimp
>
> I can't get gimp to simply put in text...errrr, I can,
> but it won't actually paste... ..  multiple
> undos get rid of the text I tried to insert.
> I have multiple select rectangles
> open and other misc stuff that won't go away.
>
>
> digikam doesn't seem to have any simple editor.
> And was a PITA - took an hour to find that "config"
> was the place to simply add a directory from...thats crazy.
>
> showphoto can add text, but can't eliminate the bits in a selected area.
> I need to clear a selected area before adding text.
> And when I try to add text, the window size becomes greatly
> reduced and I can't see what I'm doing.
>
> suggestions ??
>
> Walt......
>
>
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