How to Create a Text On Path Effect in Gimp

In this tutorial I'll show you how to create a text on a path effect in Gimp.
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[rashichaudhry]

this is the easiest tutorial ever, so well explained! thank you for helping me with my gimp practical :)

[johanncat-s]

This is somewhat useful, but this general process (no fault of this nice vid.) is in the top five headaches in Gimp for me, as it should be simple to *manipulate the text* once it is on a path, but the big area of difficulty I had was in *manipulating* the text once it is on the path. In my experience, key steps beyond what's shown here are: rotate or otherwise shape-transform the text; this creates a transparent "ghost" layer on the layers panel. Anchor that to a new layer: *then* this text can be moved, perspective shaped, etc.

[Kogacarlo]

The tutorial is good. But it may be easier to do these text things in Inkscape. I'm always struggling with this.