Achieving a long shadow effect with shadow angle spreading out?

[rich2005]

(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 )

   

Make some text
Path from text
Path duplicated - stretched - moved
The plugin Filters -> Render -> Path Blend applied.