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Hello,

How to make negated label? I give you an example:


Thank you!

No easy solution that I know about. Best I can think is to make the image twice, once with each text color. Then make a mask with the center horizontal band white and the rest black. Then use the mask to composite the two versions together so that the center uses the image with one text color and the rest of the image comes from the other text color.

see

http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/compose/
http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/channels/#masks

Before posting I tried this:
With GIMP create mask.png file with transparent background.
After that: But result.jpg is just negated image.jpg.

fmw42 I'm not sure that I understand you correctly. Can you give example commands, please!

fmw42 I'm not sure that I understand you correctly. Can you give example commands, please!

Here is an example, but it may not be the most efficient. But it works.

# create background
convert -size 500x100 xc:dodgerblue \
-gravity center -background gold -extent 500x300 text_bg.png


# create mask from background
convert text_bg.png -channel blue -separate +channel -threshold 0 text_mask.png
http://www.fmwconcepts.com/misc_tests/t ... t_mask.png

# create text with first color on transparent background
convert -background none -font Candice -pointsize 60 -fill black \
label:'Test Contrast Text' \
-rotate 25 -gravity center -extent 500x300 text1.png


# create text with second color on transparent background
convert -background none -font Candice -pointsize 60 -fill wheat \
label:'Test Contrast Text' \
-rotate 25 -gravity center -extent 500x300 text2.png


# composite both text colors with mask
convert text1.png text2.png text_mask.png -compose over -composite text3.png


# overlay composited text onto background
convert text_bg.png text3.png -compose over -composite text_final.png

A -compose difference with a black and white mask will selectively negate the other image according to that mask. You can also try using the relatated compose method 'exclusive'.

See IM Examples, Compose, Difference
http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/compose/#difference

I see where is my mistake. The last command from my previous post must be and it works. Thank you fmw42!
works too and must be much more efficient.
Thank you anthony!