[magick-users] help with overlaying text

[Keith Cornett]

Well, that makes all the difference in the world, doesn't it?

Thank you very much!  I changed the file types to png and the results
were great.



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From: magick-users-bounces at imagemagick.org
[mailto:magick-users-bounces at imagemagick.org] On Behalf Of Fred Weinhaus
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 11:47 PM
To: magick-users at imagemagick.org
Subject: [magick-users] help with overlaying text

Also, I forgot to mention that you cannot use JPEG for transparent 
effects. It does not support transparency. You need to use gif or png.


convert -background none -font poor-richard -pointsize 24 -fill blue \
	-gravity center label:"My Text Here" tmp.png


see various methods for making text into images:
http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/text/#label
http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/text/#draw
http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/text/#annotate


http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/canvas/#other   (transparent canvas)


you might want to look at my new script, texteffects, which can be found
at
http://www.fmwconcepts.com/imagemagick/index.html





>I have read for 3 hours but can't find how to make the picture image
>show through behind the text.  I get a box around the text that covers
>the picture.  How do I make the color inside the box transparent?
>
>
>
>convert -size 300x -background transparent -fill blue -font
poor-richard
>label:"My Text Here" text.jpg
>
>composite -geometry +200+1 text.jpg picture.jpg result.jpg
>
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>Keith
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