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Achieving a long shadow effect with shadow angle spreading out? - jez9999 - 12-28-2024
Is it possible to achieve a long shadow effect in GIMP where the long shadow spreads out, as if coming from a central point? Here's an approximate example of what I mean, which I did by separating the text into 3 parts and applying separate long shadows to each:
[attachment=12845]
It should give the general idea but it's only an approximation; each letter should have a different shadow angle pointing out from the letter towards an imaginary circle behind it. I can't see any way to do this.
Thinking about it, it'd make sense for the long shadow filter to have a "spread" option, where 0 does the current behaviour, negative would modify the angle so the shadow converged, and positive would modify it so the shadow diverged.
RE: Achieving a long shadow effect with shadow angle spreading out? - rich2005 - 12-28-2024
(12-28-2024, 05:32 PM)jez9999 Wrote: Is it possible to achieve a long shadow effect in GIMP where the long shadow spreads out, as if coming from a central point?
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You might get something playing with this old script
(zipped, attached, unzip and put in your Gimp scripts folder C:\Users\"yourname"\AppData\Roaming\GIMP\2.10\scripts )
[attachment=12846]
Make some text
Path from text
Path duplicated - stretched - moved
The plugin Filters -> Render -> Path Blend applied.
RE: Achieving a long shadow effect with shadow angle spreading out? - jez9999 - 12-28-2024
Is it attached? I don't see the attachment.
RE: Achieving a long shadow effect with shadow angle spreading out? - rich2005 - 12-28-2024
yep, forgot to attach - fixed now , getting old and absent-minded
RE: Achieving a long shadow effect with shadow angle spreading out? - jez9999 - 12-28-2024
Hmm, well it seems to run extremely slow. Unusable, really, pretty much just sits there spinning the wheel. Ah well, I guess this is why people pay for Adobe stuff.
RE: Achieving a long shadow effect with shadow angle spreading out? - denzjos - 12-29-2024
Maybe this workflow can help you (found on GC) : http://gimpchat.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=18699
Also cheap to use
RE: Achieving a long shadow effect with shadow angle spreading out? - rich2005 - 12-29-2024
(12-28-2024, 09:49 PM)jez9999 Wrote: Hmm, well it seems to run extremely slow. Unusable, really, pretty much just sits there spinning the wheel. Ah well, I guess this is why people pay for Adobe stuff.
Yes, it is slow but not unusable, however no one is forcing you to use Gimp so back to P$ - bye-bye
RE: Achieving a long shadow effect with shadow angle spreading out? - Ofnuts - 12-29-2024
Also: http://gimpchat.com/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=11318