Re: [Gimp-user] Can Gimp superimpose text in landscape orientation on photo?

[Richard Gitschlag <strata_ranger hotmail com>]

> From: dgrant thecommonlot com
> Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 10:02:09 -0400
> To: gimp-user-list gnome org
> Subject: [Gimp-user] Can Gimp superimpose text in landscape orientation on    photo?
>
> Can Gimp superimpose text in landscape orientation on photo?
>       If so, I can not find in the documentation how to do this.
>
> This is my first posting. I hope I am asking through the correct list serve?
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You're asking in the right place, but it's not entirely clear what you're trying to do.

The way I interpret the question, you have a photo (in landscape orientation) and you want to add text to it 
in GIMP.  If your camera tagged that the photo is landscape instead of portrait then GIMP will automatically 
rotate the image 90 degrees when you open the file so the correct side faces up and you can simply 
superimpose text using the Text tool; no further editing is required.

If GIMP does not (the photo opens "sideways"), you can still use the Text tool like normal, however you will 
need to manually rotate one layer (either the text layer or the photo layer) by 90 degrees so they match up 
the way you want.  Preferably the photo layer, because GIMP doesn't support editing a text layer after making 
non-text edits (like rotation) to it - if you try, GIMP warns you it has to revert the modifications to that 
layer.

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