Thanks, O! That is a cool font. What is it?


That looks like an extruded shadow. I'll put that one the list for consideration, swathi. I might need to do a stand alone script for that. Maybe, I'll create two versions of this script, one like it stands now and another with gradient & extruded shadows.

Ah, OK. if I understand what you are saying, I already do that on line 115, just after the canvas re-size.


That only happens if the user has selected to allow re-sizing.

I think I'll just leave it up to the user to decide if they want to resize. If they click off "Allow resizing", I've gotta assume there is a reason behind it. The new shadow layer will end up the same size as the selected layer.

It is a font called, Whats Happened.

Thanks. I grabbed it.

The script has been updated to RC V0.4 to correct a bug introduced in RC V0.3. The "Merge Visible Layers" option was throwing an error.

Thanks to Graechan for fully testing this script and bringing the problem to my attention.

The new version is posted on GIMP Scripts.

v0.4

If I do the inner shadow first, re-activate the text layer and do the drop shadow, the drop shadow layer ends up above the text layer.

Doing the drop shadow first works fine, it goes below the text layer.

I like your results, Graechan. Adding merge (for the selected and new layer only) sounds like a useful option and will save you a couple of clicks.

I was getting ready to post the new version with the corrected layer positioning (issue O had pointed out) but I think I'll go ahead and add that merge option (for selected and new layers) before I release version V0.05.

Thanks!

Currently your script does not behave properly for adding a shadow to a layer within a layergroup. Instead of using 'gimp-image-add-layer' to set an absolute position, you will need (well, want) to use 'gimp-image-insert-layer' with "0" for the parent and "-1" for the position. This will insert the new layer above the active layer in the layer stack and within the same group. You can then use 'gimp-image-lower-item' to position it beneath your original layer.

'gimp-image-get-layer-position' retrieves the position of the layer within its layer group (if it's in a layergroup). 'gimp-image-add-layer' can only add a layer to the "top level" of an image's layerstack (i.e., it can not place the layer within any layergroup). Run GnuTux's script on a layer that is within a layergroup and you will see the shadow layer appears in the wrong place in the layer stack.

I think that is kind of a saulgoode


Rather than having to merge down the inner shadow before making the drop shadow, I would like for the script to use the active text layer to make the drop shadow and have it go below the text layer.

I feel the script should use the active layer to do what the user wants.

Is it possible for the script to name the layer what the action was? That way layers can be rearranged more easily if necessary.

Inner shadow
Drop Shadow
Glow

Interesting that you should post this because that is almost exactly what I did after O pointed out the layer positioning problem.


If you see any any thing else that can be improved, please let me know.

Thanks!

I've fixed the layer positioning logic, corrected an artifact bug when resizing layers and added an option to merge selected layer with shadow layer.

RC 0.5 is now up on GIMP scripts.

Ah! That's working better. I really do love the results of the script. It's very nice.

I can certainly do that in this script and I can see how naming the layers in this manner might be better for the stand alone version.

One of the original reasons I wrote this script was to be able to pass the shadow name as an argument to a procedure. That's why you see the text entry area to specify the layer name within the script.

Looks like I have another option to add.