shadow

Blur & Shadow

Guillaume57 — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:32:46 +0100

Creates a picture which is a duplication of the current picture blured as background,
and the current picture itself reduce with a border and shadow around it as foreground

Example:
Original picture :
Result picture :

Steel Text (gimp 2.6)

majpereira — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:53:58 +0200

(en) Create a text effect that looks like shiny steel (or gold) and a dropshadow - For The Gimp 2.6.

To create the logo text:
File --> Create --> Logos --> Steel...

To create the alpha logo effect:
In the layer with images and transparent background

--> Filters --> Alpha to logos -->Steel...

(pt-BR) Crie um efeito de texto parecido como um aço relusente (ou ouro) e uma sombra - Para O Gimp 2.6.

creates a shadow transparent version of the image

elia_weiss — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:33:55 +0200

creates a shadow (transparent) version of the image

i use this script for colorizing an img with CSS/HTML
i.e. I display the shadow img (in the HTML) and change the bg color with CSS

if u use the original colors from the picture u should get almost the same picture
u can play with the black-point/white-point values for less/more gray...
though it doesn't change much...

it meant to be use with uni-color img, but works with any img.

tested on png, jpg, GIMP 2.6.6
it gives an error message: Error: illegal function
I dont know why (didn't had the energy to debug it) but it works fine for me any way
so I simply ignore it

see GIMP on-line help for installation instruction of script-fu

usage: open an image and run the script
Note: i test it only on a flat image,
with multiple layer it should operate on the current active layer

after running the script:
* delete invisible layer (optional)
* merge visible layer (optional)
* save with a different name (as png for keeping the transparent charecteristic of the image)

Elia Weiss

Shadowed Thumbnails

invernomuto — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:44:44 +0200

Create shadowed thumbnail is a GIMP scrit which allow you to create a thumbnail preview of an image with a shadow effect.
For questions o r suggestions you can write to author mail address: tommaso.frazzetto@gmail.com.
This script is part of a tutoria which is an introduction to scripting in GIMP. You can find the article (in ITALIAN language) at
web page at http://www.brainspace.it/?p=136

INSTALLATION
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To install plugin only for your user copy "shadowed-thumb.scm" to local gimp scripts folder:

]# cp shadowed-thumb.scm ~/.gimp-2.6/scripts/

or, if you want install it for all users:

]# sudo cp shadowed-thumb.scm /usr/share/gimp/2.0/scripts/

NOTE: the path "/usr/share/gimp/2.0/scripts/" for gimp scrips is valid for Ubuntu linux. It's may be different for you distribution, if you don't use Ubuntu.

LEGAL
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This plugin is released under GNU General Public License. You can find a copy of license text in file COPYING attached to this release.

Split tone

tuxcomputers — Wed, 07 May 2008 22:43:14 +0200

Uses one colour for the highlights and another for the shadows. The following photo was created using the default colours:

Before:

After:

Shadows&Highlight

steelneck — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:24:20 +0200

This Shadow&Highlight script does a decent job of lightening shadows and/or darken highlights in photographs. The UI gives you five control sliders. Two for control of the Shadow and Highlight amount (opacity), two for the tonal width of each contrast mask layer (using gamma), and one for the blur radius of the masks. Plus the option to flatten visible layers when done.

A note on the tonal width sliders, the Shadow Tonal width works as expected giving a wider/heavier tonal range using higher value. But the Highlight Tonal width behaves opposite, affecting a smaller tonal range using higher values.

3D screenshot

Mathieu147 — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:41:29 +0200

Turn a boring flat image into a stylish 3D-shadowed-glowing one.

Layer Effects

JonStipe — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:43:37 +0100

This is a series of scripts that implement various layer effects:

Drop Shadow
Inner Shadow
Outer Glow
Inner Glow
Bevel and Emboss
Satin
Color Overlay
Gradient Overlay
Pattern Overlay
Stroke

Some effects can have contours (a.k.a. curves) and noise added to them. Effects can either be applied on a separate layer, or be merged into the active layer (which in some cases gives better results).

Tested with GIMP 2.4.2.

Updated 6/9/2009:

Stroke now supports gradients and patterns! (Python version only)
Better undo handling in the Python version.
Various bugfixes.

Updated 11/15/2008:

The Python version now has live previewing! With the "Preview" checkbox active, the preview now updates automatically every time you change a setting!
New "Reapply Effects" function: Reapplies all effects that have been applied to the current layer. If you change anything on the layer, use this to update all the effects in one go! (Mind you, this only works for effects that were not applied using the "Merge with layer" option.)
Various bugfixes.

Updated 09/02/2008:

Bugfix in Script-Fu version.

Updated 07/19/2008:

You can now scale patterns in pattern overlays. (Python version only.)

Updated 07/08/2008:
This script has now been rewritten as a Python plugin! This adds several new features that weren't possible in Script-Fu!

You can now preview effects! Click the "Preview" button to see what it will look like with the currently selected settings.
The plugin now records the settings used to make an effect, so now you can reapply it! Run the same effect plugin on the same layer again, and it recovers the previous settings for that layer and shows them in the dialog box. You can then change the settings and apply the effect again, and it will replace the original effect layer! (Note: This will only work if you don't select "Merge with layer". Once an effect has been merged into the layer, it can't be removed or changed.)

Updated 04/21/2008:

Bugfix

Updated 03/02/2008:

Added grayscale support
Bugfixes

How to install (Script-Fu version):

Right-click on the link below that says "layerfx.scm". A pop-up menu should appear. Click "Save Target As..." or "Save Link As..." or whatever the equivalent option in your browser is.
Save the file "layerfx.scm" in your scripts folder. If you're not sure where your scripts folder is, you can check by opening GIMP and going to <Toolbox>/File/Preferences -> Folders -> Scripts. If more than one folder is shown, then any one of them will work.
Once you have saved the file in your scripts folder, if you are already running GIMP, either click <Toolbox>/Xtns/Script-Fu/Refresh Scripts, or just close and reopen GIMP.
If you have done this correctly, the scripts will appear in the menu under <Image>/Script-Fu/Layer Effects. If this menu is not there, try clicking <Toolbox>/Xtns/Script-Fu/Refresh Scripts. If it's still not there, make sure the file is in your scripts folder and that the filename ends with ".scm", not ".txt" or ".scm.txt" or something.

How to install (Python version):

Right-click on the link below that says "layerfx.py". A pop-up menu should appear. Click "Save Target As..." or "Save Link As..." or whatever the equivalent option in your browser is.
Save the file "layerfx.py" in your plug-ins folder. If you're not sure where your plug-ins folder is, you can check by opening GIMP and going to <Toolbox>/File/Preferences -> Folders -> Plug-Ins. If more than one folder is shown, then any one of them will work.
If you're on a UNIX system, make sure layerfx.py is executable by typing this in the shell:
chmod +x layerfx.py
On other operating systems, you might have to do something else to make it executable.
Once you have saved the file in your plug-ins folder, if you are already running GIMP, close and reopen it.
If you have done this correctly, the scripts will appear in the menu under <Image>/Layer/Layer Effects, and <Layers>/Layer Effects. If these menus are not there, close and reopen GIMP. If they're still not there, make sure the file is in your plug-ins folder, that it is executable, that you have Python support installed, and that the filename ends with ".py", not ".txt" or ".py.txt" or something.

Shadows and Highlights

rjnfc — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:24:14 +0100

This plugin does a pretty good job of eliminating shadows and highlights in photographs. It gives you two layers that basically act like adjustment layers, and changing the opacity will alter the effect.

Shadow recovery

eg — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:16:44 +0100

Recover image information in dark parts