GIMP Version: 2.8.4
Operating System: Windows
GIMP Experience: Beginner Level

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Is there a way to make flat design drop shadows like this in gimp or raster-based editors in general?

possibly something like duplicating the layer, motion blur on bottom layer and duplicating until it is opaque enough. Levels adjustment at the end.

Motion blur on a stroke i think would work.

I was able to come fairly close by rotating the text and using the Wind filter (unfortunately, the Wind filter doesn't have an Angle option).


I then re-applied the Wind filter but switched the Edge option from "Leading" to "Trailing" and cut the strength in half. (This was done to minimize the amount of blurring in the following step that would show up in front of the letters. There may be a better way.)


Apply some Gaussian blur, rotate the layer back (use the negative of the value you used previously), et voila!

Nice one Saulgoode.
Using the wind filter blurred to create a shadow effect.
That is very close.

I wonder if you could just do this with CSS?

G'MIC's wind option does have an angle option. Only problem with it is that last time I used it, it was slow as molassas.

- Text-to-path, stroke path with a 2px lines on new layer
- Autocrop layer and copy to clipboard, select "Clipboard brush" and give it a very low spacing
- Set a dynamics for the paint brush that associates fade with opacity
- Stroke a short diagonal path with the brush
- Tweak opacity using Levels/Curves on the layer mask



Possibly better results by removing some elements of the path.

this should be a request for G'MIC
its basically a directional blur effect, isnt it

personally i dont like the effect (just a taste thing), but its always good to have more options
so a new filter, or new options for an existing filter would be great

Close.
http://www.gimpusers.com/tutorials/hard ... ext-effect

You could do a light too height filter on some white lines with black background while it is at an upside down 45 degree angle then straighten it out and make it a Multiply mode layer above the green and opacity at about 50 percent with another transparent layer having the black lines above that.

Lot of work. I wish there was a light to height filter that had various direction options. I know how someone could make this from my earlier post: viewtopic.php?f=9&t=8088



PegLeg

because for some effects you just need the right tools


i know what you mean
Gimp is somewhat stuck in a past decade but i still feel all the "old" texteffects that you can find on the internet need to be explored and re-engineered because, well nobody did it, or at least i have never seen anything like it anywhere and i think thats a pity

we have new aesthetics now - i see it in fashion (Rick Owens, Julius, Lost & Found, Boris Bidjan Saberi, etc.) and its great
everything seems to go more into the minimalistic direction

tbh, the texteffects i do, are really just bad taste, they always were
just imagine a CD cover with a gold texteffect - horrible, lol

its gimmick crap
but at the same time they are a lot of fun to do

no not at all
Gimp is escapism for me

i just realized a few things, some of them you made me aware of, a long time ago

Ok, this is my attempt.

I outlined text using paths, bump map in the direction I wanted the light, then duplicated this layer and changed to black text copied this layer.

Opened up the brush dialogue and changed dynamics to colour fade, set a gradient of foreground to transparency, then started from middle of image paint in a straight line the direction I wanted the shadow. Gaussian blur of 5px on the layer then reduce opacity.