GIMP Chat :: [solved] drop shadow around a selection

I did this real quick.

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What I do is make a new image > Add Alpha Channel > Select by color > Edit -clear Then Paste your selection into it.
Go back to first image > Desaturate, Curves, Blur etc to make it look a shadow.
Then just 'copy visible' from the second image and place above the shadow.
That's how I make shadows using the original image

(make sure your image mode is RGB)

Author:	level_0 [ Mon Jul 01, 2019 11:33 pm ]
Post subject:	[solved] drop shadow around a selection
GIMP Version: 2.10.11 Operating System: Windows GIMP Experience: New User I'm not happy with the way I've tried to make a gradient drop shadow around a selection and there must be another way to do it for a better result ... My method: I make Selection / Border by choosing the size a little randomly then I fill it with the color black (or other) then I go back to the initial selection, I reverse it and Filters / Gaussian Blur

Author:	Tas_mania [ Tue Jul 02, 2019 2:01 am ]
Post subject:	Re: drop shadow around a selection
Something I tried was to use the actual object to make it's own shadow. There is an example here:https://gfycat.com/grimenchantingamurratsnake In this case I pasted the object (series of objects) to the right of where the object was going. Then used monochrome , Gaussian blur etc to turn it into a shadow. Finally I pasted the series of objets to the left of the series of shadows. Maybe this will give you some ideas

Author:	level_0 [ Tue Jul 02, 2019 2:53 am ]
Post subject:	Re: drop shadow around a selection
Tas_mania thank you for this way of proceeding.I will test with what I think because it is not to apply to objects but to selections.

Author:	level_0 [ Tue Jul 02, 2019 4:09 am ]
Post subject:	Re: drop shadow around a selection
For what I want to do, it does not work or so I did not know how to do it. I just smear a background to explain it better. I made a selection of the word "hello" (then I cut and pasted as a new layer): As we do not see well on the screenshot, I have dark (but I would like to make a gradient shadow without darken the word "hello") so how to make a gradient shadow that starts from the outline of this word?

Author:	rich2005 [ Tue Jul 02, 2019 6:08 am ]
Post subject:	Re: drop shadow around a selection
Quote: ..so how to make a gradient shadow that starts from the outline of this word?.. Not sure what you mean by gradient shadow. Is it something like this? Attachment: dropshadow.jpg [ 167.97 KiB \| Viewed 6305 times ] Just a note: Your downloaded images (png's) are in indexed mode. I hope you are working in RGB mode

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Author:	Tas_mania [ Tue Jul 02, 2019 7:08 am ]
Post subject:	Re: drop shadow around a selection
I did this real quick. What I do is make a new image > Add Alpha Channel > Select by color > Edit -clear Then Paste your selection into it. Go back to first image > Desaturate, Curves, Blur etc to make it look a shadow. Then just 'copy visible' from the second image and place above the shadow. That's how I make shadows using the original image (make sure your image mode is RGB)

Author:	racer-x [ Tue Jul 02, 2019 8:00 am ]
Post subject:	Re: drop shadow around a selection
Made this one using LayerFX > bevel + dropshadow. Attachment: LFX.jpg [ 151.05 KiB \| Viewed 6277 times ]

Author:	ofnuts [ Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:38 am ]
Post subject:	Re: drop shadow around a selection
Tas_mania wrote: I did this real quick. [ Image ] What I do is make a new image > Add Alpha Channel > Select by color > Edit -clear Then Paste your selection into it. Go back to first image > Desaturate, Curves, Blur etc to make it look a shadow. Then just 'copy visible' from the second image and place above the shadow. That's how I make shadows using the original image (make sure your image mode is RGB) Looks like a bump map?

Author:	level_0 [ Tue Jul 02, 2019 12:14 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: drop shadow around a selection
thank you to all of you I'm still in RGB mode ... but my screenshots were made with Faststone Capture portable software. BlightyII: Your shadow is in and gives an impression of hollow but I should have said that I wanted a shadow outside the word. I was trying to get an intermediate effect between that of Tas_mania, that of rich2005 and that of racer_x, ie dark near the edge and becoming progressively clearer, ie an effect harder than tas_mania but softer than racer-x.

Author:	level_0 [ Tue Jul 02, 2019 1:53 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: drop shadow around a selection
Thank you BlightyII, I'll watch!

Author:	rich2005 [ Tue Jul 02, 2019 1:55 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: drop shadow around a selection
Maybe something like this. Not straight forward when the text shape is a cut-out. Too much blur and lose the edges. Attachment: shadow.jpg [ 179.33 KiB \| Viewed 4007 times ] 2 minute video: https://youtu.be/kPBpjApAnZw

Author:	level_0 [ Tue Jul 02, 2019 2:09 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: drop shadow around a selection
Thanks rich2005,I'll watch!

Author:	level_0 [ Tue Jul 02, 2019 11:56 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: drop shadow around a selection
With Blighyy's method: With rich2005 method: With racer-x method: I have never used layerfx. So I just tried "bevel and emboss" with some random values and it created 2 empty layers (Visible # 2-highlight and Visible # 2-shadow) so I did not keep on going. So unresolved problem ...

Author:	SeriousTom [ Wed Jul 03, 2019 2:34 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: drop shadow around a selection
I had to give it a try. Mine is pretty easy. I made the text layer and then the text layer to image size. I used Layer Effects > Bevel and Emboss and used the defaults on the text layer. When it was done I made the text layer invisible. Have you tried Filters > Long Shadows ? Under Composition on the filter you can select Shadow minus image. It might work for you. Attachment: Hello.jpg [ 190.47 KiB \| Viewed 3965 times ] Attachment: Hello.7z [354.35 KiB] Downloaded 94 times Attachment: Long Shadow.JPG [ 113.43 KiB \| Viewed 3957 times ]

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Author:	teapot [ Wed Jul 03, 2019 6:48 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: drop shadow around a selection
I was going to suggest making more than one shadow each on a separate layer with different amounts of blur and opacity. I used two here: but I prefer your long shadow tips SeriousTom and rich2005, I hadn't noticed that filter before.

Author:	level_0 [ Thu Jul 04, 2019 1:56 am ]
Post subject:	Re: drop shadow around a selection
SeriousTom teapot Thank you all, I really appreciated your help. TomSerious, thanks for the xcf file and your screenshot because I did not see the option "fading (fixed lengh) one last thing, I do not remember how to give a name to the setting of the long shadow (or other) ... edit: I found!