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Caption software for Ubuntu
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2023 9:23 am
by justforadultstuff
Hi,
I'm working on a tease and I want to caption pictures. On my phone I have Phonto, which allows me to add shadows to the text, making it more readable. Does anyone know of caption software for Ubuntu which can do the same?
Re: Caption software for Ubuntu
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2023 12:50 pm
by FrozenWolf
GIMP is a great image tool for all sorts of things, although for what you need, it might be a bit of a 'sledgehammer to crack a nut'.
In this example, I used the '
Text
' tool to put some text on the image and then used:
Filters -> Light and Shadow -> Drop Shadow...
.
In this example, I set the following shadow parameters:
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X: 0
Y: 0
Blur radius: 7.86
Grow Shape: Circle
Grow Radius: 7
Colour: 1d1c1c
Opacity: 1.5
Clipping: Adjust
I deliberately set the text colour to be very similar to the background to ensure that I could get it to stand out, but the text colour, shadow colour, shadow size, shadow offset, etc. can all be chosen to your preference.
- Shadow.png (102.59 KiB) Viewed 1197 times
There might be a simpler tool to accomplish the same/similar effect in which case maybe someone else has a better suggestion.
Re: Caption software for Ubuntu
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2023 7:41 pm
by justforadultstuff
Thanks, I'll try!