On Windows Paint is like Notepad. Barely functional. There are layers now though, which is a step into right direction. For anything decent you need 3rd party software.
Or use online editor like Photopea or Vector Ink. Checked just now and you can warp text there.
Just type normally along one side and then
.dnuora yaw rehto eht txet ruoy epyt
Instead of using MS Paint, maybe you should use Inkscape for such projects. It can easily align text along lines, but the best thing is that it is vector based, so the images easily scale. Very useful for logos.
That's all well and good until you need more jpeg.
You can always export an Inkscape image as a bitmap in whatever resolution you'll probably need.
I once did an export with a width of >10000px (85cm ~=33.5in @ 300dpi). Yes, the file size sucked. But it looked good.
Will it handle seven pixels?
Or Gimp
Gimp is free, but God is the interface terrible.
Lots of free software is great. I love my QGIS and I escape, but Gimp just can't replace photoshop for me.
Good thing is that GIMP 3.0 is right around the corner, bringing a port from GTK2 to GTK3 and with that a much more modern GUI.
Inkscape would still be better for this in particular though.
Or GIMP, yes, but for that kind of logo, Inkscape is definitely the better choice.
It always depends on the project.
Like this
I really enjoy the ::woosh:: in the comments over the symbolism.
I actually kind of like this way better
"Woh odd, I rotate text in ms paint"
Good job!
Each letter gets it's own text box. You rotate them once by one. You'll need to measure distance from inner perimeter of the circle and manage the exact angle to center. So a protractor, string, or drawn line can help. (Draw the line before putting the center picture in.
Source - Am Millennial, MSPaint was it back in the day.
Or, alternatively, use a professional paint program. Which does not necessarily have to be commercial.
This image is 100 times funnier now compared to 1000 years ago when I first saw it
Does gimp not have a circle?
I dunno, but it does have the worst UI this side of the 60s.
(the new version is supposed to finally fix this but... [x] doubt)
New version? I'm pretty I've heard that statement before...
https://www.gimp.org/news/2024/11/06/gimp-3-0-RC1-released/
Rather than trying to be different for the sake of being different, they’ve realized that photoshop and similar UIs actually make for pretty great UX so they’ve adopted it.
TLDR
This was gimp 2.0 when it came out
This is GIMP 3.0 RC
The UI looks exactly the same as it did 10 years ago. Using single window mode was always an option and only two clicks away
Single window by default did wonders for usability.
That looks damn near usable now
Whenever I use gimp, and have to draw square, circle, text or a similar shape I swear I need to search the net for the answer.
You can do everything, but it is very counter intuitive to a noob. I don't need to use gimp/Photoshop so I regularly forget it and need to look it up every time. I'm sure that for somebody who uses it regularly it is intuitive.
My Gimp workflow heavily involves Inkscape for that reason. If you need shapes, curves, text, moving stuff around, even scaling and rotating, Inkscape is much better. It's only when I actually have to edit something in an existing image that I open Gimp. And sometimes when I need a complicated guideline, I'll create it in Inkscape, export to png, import in Gimp, just so I don't have to use the shape tool.
Absolutely LOVE Inkscape! It even helped me to avoid having to purchase expensive embroidery software!
Plus, when I deliver artwork / graphics to web builders, they're ecstatic that I send SVG files instead of shitty jpegs.
1000% support Inkscape. ❤️
The last time I used gimp...it does but in like a really weird way. It's not intuitive.
Iirc you take the circle selection tool and then make a path. Which you then assign a brush width and then a color.
Comments saying "you don't" are weak shit. The answer is you rotate each letter one by one.
It will look like shit because they will be ever so slightly misaligned, but such is the fate of the brave
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