Another text effect (challenge)

K1TesseraEna · **Joined:** Sep 22, 2012 **Posts:** 2089 **Location:** US

I've never been too skilled in text effects, I know a lot of people here have been.
This is an accidental effect I got playing with Ubuntu logo in Inkscape.
No doubt it's reproducible in GIMP.
What are the simplest and fewest ways to achieve exactly the same text effect in GIMP?
A couple of things to notice. Drop shadow has a halo around it. No bevel or bump script is to be used.

There are some GC members I would want to call out for the challenge. No names though.
They have helped me a lot in the past and would easily recognize themselves.

Thanks a lot!!!!

K1TesseraEna · **Joined:** Sep 22, 2012 **Posts:** 2089 **Location:** US

The follow up.

No need for step by step explanation, just post your results here. I, with everyone else to accept the challenge, will also try to reproduce it in GIMP.

Cheers,

Edit. Here's the original image to get you started with.

he4rty · **Joined:** Aug 30, 2012 **Posts:** 2174

Always up for a challenge, this is the best I coould get so far, not to happy with how the circular logo has come out.

ek22 · **Posted:** Sun Feb 03, 2013 5:54 am **(#4)**

Challenge accepted.

wbool63 · **Posted:** Sun Feb 03, 2013 6:10 am **(#5)**

I guess the drop shadow filter is allowed?

ofnuts · **Joined:** Oct 25, 2010 **Posts:** 4757

K1TesseraEna wrote:

I've never been too skilled in text effects, I know a lot of people here have been.
This is an accidental effect I got playing with Ubuntu logo in Inkscape.
No doubt it's reproducible in GIMP.
What are the simplest and fewest ways to achieve exactly the same text effect in GIMP?
A couple of things to notice. Drop shadow has a halo around it. No bevel or bump script is to be used.

There are some GC members I would want to call out for the challenge. No names though.
They have helped me a lot in the past and would easily recognize themselves.

Thanks a lot!!!!

Wondering how we can get reflections from a light at top left together with a drop shadow from a light at top right...

Esper · **Joined:** Jul 17, 2012 **Posts:** 2770

ofnuts wrote:

Wondering how we can get reflections from a light at top left together with a drop shadow from a light at top right...

"Defensive adaptations are astounding, its somehow able to bend light"
"Effing voodoo magic, mon" (guess the movie sample :hehe

)

i made a mistake on the subtext, but too lazy to do it all over again

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molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

I couldn't get mine to puff up but anyway, here is my try.

Esper · **Joined:** Jul 17, 2012 **Posts:** 2770

molly wrote:

I couldn't get mine to puff up but anyway, here is my try.

you need to offset it more, molly

@he4rty: im really happy you picked the contours technique up ! :bigthup

also, after i saw your result, i was wondering if it would make any sense for me to take up the challenge, because you pretty much nailed it

wbool63 · **Posted:** Sun Feb 03, 2013 10:25 am **(#10)**

This was quite challenging, Done with copy layers, cutting, different layer modes, blurring, moving layers and needed a layer mask to finish the yellow highlight on the right. Anyway here is mine .

Esper · **Joined:** Jul 17, 2012 **Posts:** 2770

K1TesseraEna wrote:

A couple of things to notice. Drop shadow has a halo around it. No bevel or bump script is to be used.

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

Hmm, just can't get it to go nice and fat.

alc59 · **Posted:** Sun Feb 03, 2013 1:09 pm **(#13)**

I guess i'd better leave the text stuff you guys, tried a lot of different things but can't come close to K1te original
blur,blending and shadow

wbool63 · **Posted:** Sun Feb 03, 2013 6:13 pm **(#14)**

Ok here it is with a small halo. I refer to a slightly less saturated yellow blur around the shadow. Even on your own image I have trouble seeing the halo. I hope the halo on my image here is visible.

Esper · **Joined:** Jul 17, 2012 **Posts:** 2770

Exploded view drawing

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Esper · **Joined:** Jul 17, 2012 **Posts:** 2770

wbool63 wrote:

Ok here it is with a small halo. I refer to a slightly less saturated yellow blur around the shadow. Even on your own image I have trouble seeing the halo. I hope the halo on my image here is visible.

the halo is part of the shadow, wbool

you get it by applying a certain kind of curve on the alpha channel of your shadow

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molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

Wow! that is fantastic Wooble, great job.

Esper, I love what you did here, the colors blend in very nicely, another great job.

Isn't what you are calling the halo just the blur radius?

lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12533

Used G'MIC's Local Orientation, Dupped, then followed my lylejk stencil and blended the opacity down on this layer. Then set both layer properties to Difference. That is the majority of the effect but did have to also apply smoothing to both layers. No time for a detailed tut; got to get ready for my job in a few minutes.

Esper · **Joined:** Jul 17, 2012 **Posts:** 2770

no molly, its this technique (Cove)

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wbool63 · **Posted:** Sun Feb 03, 2013 6:54 pm **(#20)**

Esper you have the advantage of knowing the original construction of the image . I do not. I used an entirely different workflow to achieve almost exactly the same result. for instance the little black outlines are just a black copy of the letters offset by a few pixel and remain under the base grey letters.
The halo, I did by selecting the yellow background shrink the selection by 7 pixels, stroke the selection 2 pix wide with the same but saturated yellow, select all and blur by 6 pix. My construction took 13 layers.

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