sorry, i need to use this at any possible opportunity, as tenuous a connection as it may be
also shift+o, hit the text, 'select' from the menu bar, "grow.." +1 or 2, ctrl+shift+n, shift+b, fill the selection black, drop the layer underneath the white text, merge the text layer down
"teach a man to fish" and all
Oh sweet, thanks. I'll have to bookmark this shizz since I know Photoshop/After Effects makes it easy, yet everything in GIMP works, but it's a few steps longer and not as obvious . I could do it in Gifcam, but capturing a gift with that and doing it feels kinda redundant.