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Good morning all...
I am wondering if there is a way to automate export of an image that will have a variation for each state, where the only thing that changes on the image is the text layer that includes the name of the state, using a simple text file that lists all of the possible word variations.
I know the sample in the example is small, I'm just trying to find a solution that I can use on lists where the variations are measured in the thousands.
Thanks!
Gimp is overkill for this. There are plenty of ways to do this in the command line using a script based on ImageMagick.
If you have a file with the list of labels producing the script is a mere matter of passing a few global editor commands to change each line into a command that adds the label to the source image.
If you want to adjust font size:
You can use IM's convert to produce the label, measure it (see IM's identify utility) and if it's too big interpolate a better font size and retry. Once you have the label you use IM's compose to put the label over the picture.
In a Gimp script you can do the same, using the width of the generated text layer. An alternative is to produce the path/vectors from the text, and scale it to the required size and then select/fill it. But text at size 15 is not 3/4 of the font at size 20, there are subtleties, so iterating the font size will likely give better results.
