It looks like those effects apply to the text selection and not to the image, might be the intended behaviour. Any gimp user or hacker to confirm if that's a bug or not?
-- "Alien Glow" effect crops too tightly https://launchpad.net/bugs/41759 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
