12-09-2018, 09:22 AM
I looked at that first screenshot last night and wondered what was going on 
All those layers.
New day makes a bit more sense.
From your description you are using the LayerFX.py plugin for the drop shadow. The regular Gimp drop shadow (GEGL or legacy) does not have those parameters. Espermaschine pointed out recently that the preview does indeed work with Gimp 2.10. For those layers where the drop shadow is too faint to see, try tweaking the values until something is visible.
![[Image: BGLff26.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/BGLff26.jpg)
Alternative. The Gimp 2.10 GEGL drop shadow renders straight on the canvas, so you can adjust accordingly.
Disadvantage: It merges the drop shadow with the text layer. If you need a separate text layer, duplicate first.
Advantage: it is a Gimp filter, you can save the settings for a uniform result over many layers or images.
![[Image: gxnQPdT.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/gxnQPdT.jpg)
All those layers.New day makes a bit more sense.
From your description you are using the LayerFX.py plugin for the drop shadow. The regular Gimp drop shadow (GEGL or legacy) does not have those parameters. Espermaschine pointed out recently that the preview does indeed work with Gimp 2.10. For those layers where the drop shadow is too faint to see, try tweaking the values until something is visible.
Alternative. The Gimp 2.10 GEGL drop shadow renders straight on the canvas, so you can adjust accordingly.
Disadvantage: It merges the drop shadow with the text layer. If you need a separate text layer, duplicate first.
Advantage: it is a Gimp filter, you can save the settings for a uniform result over many layers or images.