January 03, 2009
By: Dexter
Category: GIMP, Tutorial
A basic way to enhance effect to to text is to drop a shadow of the text. Here is a simple way to do it in GIMP.
- Start with a blank canvas
- Add some text to it see IMAGE 1
- Select the text (try using the fuzzy select tool if required), press ^c to copy the selection.
- Paste this selection on the canvas. IMAGE 2
- Move the newly pasted selection below the original text. Do not click the mouse any where, keep your new text selected. (you should see dashed lines all around selected text)
- Perform — Layer — Transform — flip vertically. You should get inverted text below the original text. else move it below the original text. IMAGE 3
- Next preform a – Tools — Transform Tools — Shear (Shift+S). In the dialogue box — Put a value -25 for “x magnitude”
- Your text will be displaced again, align it back again to the original text’s base.
- If you want the shadow to be a bit lighter. From the layer dialogue box — lighten the opacity of the layer containing the shadow text.
- Merge all the layers.( if you need )
- Your Basic Drop shadow is ready IMAGE 4
- Of before I forget to tell you… GIMP has a nice filter for creating shadows of the selected object. you can find them under the tools — light and shaodow.
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 IMAGE 1: Basic Text  IMAGE 2:Copy Of Text  IMAGE 3: Inverted Text  IMAGE 4: Text with final shadow |
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