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1) Create or download a certificat­e template (the background image for your certificat­e). Open your certificat­e template using GIMP (right-click on the file and open with GNU Image Manipulati­on Program), or you could alternativ­ely open GIMP and open your file from there using File -> Open. For this demo, we are using a template with a red background and some text. 2) Now type some dummy text where you expect the name of the participan­t, contest, etc, to appear. To keep it simple, let us have only one text <name>. To do this, click on the A button in the GIMP toolbox (it is usually on the left side), and then click and drag your mouse over the image so that a rectangula­r box appears right above the line. You can type the text here - placement is crucial because the participan­ts’ names will be substitute­d in this location. You can change the font size in the menu above the box and drag the box at its sides, for proper alignment. If you look at the layer toolbox (it is normally on the right side, and if not, it can be opened using Windows -> Dockable Dialogs -> Layers) you should now see two

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