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TimSTi 12-10-2008 06:27 PM

First label
 
Here's the first label I whipped up for my Irish Red Ale. I'm new to gimp, formerly used photoshop but dont have a new copy of it. Tell me what you think. Arching the text down the bottom where it says Irish Red Ale was a pain. I haven't found a tool like photoshop has to make it easy. Well here it is. (P.S. I'm orginally from Boston ;) )

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3288/...b624cc56b.jpg?

*edited*
I found a tutorial for gimp that got it to look slightly better

cgruelle 12-10-2008 07:58 PM

Looks good. Try Inkscape for your text. There's even a tutorial floating around for scrolls/ribbons and putting text on them.

TimSTi 12-10-2008 08:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cgruelle (Post 1002278)
Looks good. Try Inkscape for your text. There's even a tutorial floating around for scrolls/ribbons and putting text on them.

I just downloaded Inkscape. I'll give it a try, thanks!

fratermus 12-10-2008 08:18 PM

Looks good.

This tutorial may or may not make GIMP text-skewing easier. Or some of the Filters|Distorts|CurveBend functionality. I have only briefly looked at the former.

Displaced MassHole 12-10-2008 08:18 PM

If your gonna keep the Celtics logo on there you should try to change that wood floor background to a parquet one like they have at the garden. Just my 2 cents though. I think it looks pretty good:mug:

TimSTi 12-10-2008 08:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Displaced MassHole (Post 1002338)
If your gonna keep the Celtics logo on there you should try to change that wood floor background to a parquet one like they have at the garden. Just my 2 cents though. I think it looks pretty good:mug:

http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/...zBf1f/610x.jpg

That picture is taken actually from the floor ;)

killerhertz 12-10-2008 09:17 PM

Nice. The silhouette is very cool. Reminds me of a mobster haha.

However, I don't think that the Celtics logo has any chance of being legible when printed on a small scale. The wood grain is quite nice. Do you plan on printing this on a color laser with high rez? If not, it might not look like wood at all.

TimSTi 12-10-2008 09:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by killerhertz (Post 1002452)
Nice. The silhouette is very cool. Reminds me of a mobster haha.

However, I don't think that the Celtics logo has any chance of being legible when printed on a small scale. The wood grain is quite nice. Do you plan on printing this on a color laser with high rez? If not, it might not look like wood at all.

I've printed a test run of it and it came out as expected from my inkjet, good enough!


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