Steve, that's wonderful -- hand roll my own shadows! Seems so simple and obvious after it's explained that I wonder why I ever thought I needed a plug-in for this. So cool! Thanks, Steve
On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 11:50 PM, Steve Kinney <ad...@pilobilus.net> wrote: > On 06/03/2013 10:32 PM, Helen wrote: > > I have an image with two rectangular photos, in separate layers. > > I want each photo to have a drop shadow. No matter what I do, > > I keep getting the drop shadow applied to the entire image, not > > to the layers. I've tried creating the drop shadow while on the > > individual layers, while on the background, I've tried it with > > layers selected -- regardless of what I do, the drop shadow > > keeps applying to the entire image. > > I used to know how to do this! > > Help? Suse 12.3, gimp 2.8 > > Hey Helen, > > You might want to try doing Layers > Autocrop Layer against the > layers with photos in them, before using a drop shadow plugin on > them. That might do the trick. > > Or make the shadows yourself - this would be my approach: > > 1. Create a new transparent layer, move it below the two layers > with photos in them. > > 2. Select one of the layers with a photo in your Layers dock, right > click the layer thumbnail and do "Alpha to selection" > > 3. Select the new transparent layer, drag and drop to the main > canvas to fill the selection with black. > > 4. Select the other layer with a photo, right click and do "Alpha > to selection" again. > > 5. Select the new transparent layer, drag and drop to fill the 2nd > selection with black. > > 6. Do Select > None (or control + alt + a) to clear the selection. > > Your transparent layer now has two black rectangles, hidden under > the photos in the layers above. Use the tool at Filters > Blur > > Gaussian Blur to soften the edges of the shadow rectangles, then > turn on the Move tool in your main toolbox and use the arrow keys on > your keyboard to tweak the location of the shadows. Adjust the > shadow layer's transparency if required. > > :o) > > Steve > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > gimp-user-list mailing list > gimp-user-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list > -- Helen Etters using Linux, suse12.3 _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
