You can choose a different preset option for the long drop shadow effect from the Style option of this dialog box. Now let us try another filter for shadow, so make one more duplicate layer of the original layer and move it below to the original layer.Īgain go to the filter menu, then the Light and shadow option and choose the Long shadow option from the new scroll down list.Īnd you will get this type of effect with a long drop shadow. You can also increase or decrease glow radius for changing the effect of shadow. You can increase or decrease blur radius for increasing or decreasing the intensity of darkness of shadow. We have a Drop shadow dialog box with this filter. Go to the Light and Shadow option of the scroll-down list, then click on the Drop shadow option of the new scroll down list.Īnd you will have this nice drop shadow. Now select a copied layer and click on the Filters menu of the Menu bar. For this, make a duplicate layer by clicking on the Create duplicate button of the layer panel.Īnd move it to the below of the original layer. Now let us make text-shadow by using the filters option of GIMP. You can decrease the opacity of the black layer for a soft or hard shadow effect. Now unhide the top layer and move the black text layer a little bit downward to it, and you will have a nice shadow effect on your text. Now make a click on a selection with the bucket tool for filling this black color in selection.Įnable selection by click on the ‘None’ option of the Select menu of the menu bar. Hide the top original layer by click on the eye button of it in the layer panel. Now move this layer below to the original layer.Īgain make a selection and set black color as the foreground color in the color box. Now click on the Anchor button, which is at the bottom of the layer panel, for adding this floating layer with the below transparent layer. Paste this selection on this new transparent layer by click on the Paste option of the scroll-down list of the Edit menu or press the Ctrl + V button on the keyboard. Now make right-click on the text layer and click on the Alpha to Selection option of scroll down list for selecting this text.Ĭopy this selection by clicking on the copy option of the Edit menu of the menu bar or press the Ctrl + C button on the keyboard.Īnd create a new transparent layer in the layer panel by click on create a new button of the layer panel. Rotate this text a little bit with the help of Rotate Tool of the tool panel for having a good effect of shadow on your text. Now place your text at the center of a document at the crossing of guides with the help of the move tool. Take horizontal guide at 50 % of document size and hit ok.ĭo the same for vertical guides, and you will have guides at the center of your document. Go to the Image menu of the menu bar, then go to the Guides option of scroll down list and click on New Guide (by percentage) option for having a vertical and horizontal guide at the center of the document. Now increase the size of the text according to you. I will type EDUCBA, which is the official name of our website. Now take the Text tool from the tool panel.Īnd change the color of the text to your desired color and choose a good font style from its parameter. I will reverse my gradient colors from gradient parameters and get this type of smooth blend of gradient on my background.

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