5 Easy and Awesome Text Shadow Effects in GIMP

In this GIMP tutorial, I show you how to create 5 easy and awesome text shadow effects to make your text look 3D or have unique shadow designs. I show you a variety of graphic design techniques, features, and filters to create colorful and dynamic text shadow designs.
0:00 - Intro & Resources
0:52 - Text Effect 1: Layered Text Shadow
4:41 - Text Effect 2: Gradient Text Shadow
8:16 - Text Effect 3: Hatches & Dots
11:51 - Text Effect 4: 3D Highlight & Shadow
17:22 - Text Effect 5: The Wave Shadow
22:57 - Final Thoughts
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  • @VictorHugo-ei5xn
    @VictorHugo-ei5xn3 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful tutorial, Michael! For now, this is my favorite tutorial for this November! 😊

  • @vis4479
    @vis44793 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for making everything simple and clear to understand! This will help me a lot

  • @surinfarmwest6645
    @surinfarmwest66453 жыл бұрын

    Mike, a whole load of fun to play with ..... when I get time!!!! Thanks for sharing.

  • @KeysTreasures
    @KeysTreasures3 жыл бұрын

    Amazing set of effects. Thanks.

  • @osmosis.gaming
    @osmosis.gaming3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much Davies, even its just a simple tutorial but I learn a lot from you. Thank you again.

  • @Vet4FallujahCJ
    @Vet4FallujahCJ3 жыл бұрын

    Thought you were fading out. Been a minute since I saw a video post, but I forgot to hit "All" on notifications. Great video

  • @philippecosmidis4172
    @philippecosmidis41723 жыл бұрын

    Great tutorial, as usual 😊

  • @TechieSewing
    @TechieSewing3 жыл бұрын

    Thack you, really useful! Never knew about Long Shadow :)

  • @marilenagalindotabares4410
    @marilenagalindotabares44102 жыл бұрын

    Preciosos los textos. Gracias.

  • @tmarshman1200
    @tmarshman12002 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @okpebbs
    @okpebbs3 жыл бұрын

    Hey Mike, I love your content, it’s great seeing someone work in depth with open-source software. A tip though, a cardioid lapel mic or closer cardioid, would help your audio out a lot. That along with a low cut should greatly improve the listener experience. It will make you’re voice richer and not pick up so much of the rooms acoustics. It should actually help with a boost to followers as well, as audio/voice is one of the biggest reasons for “bounce” (leaving the vid within a few seconds). You can pick up lapels pretty cheap and use Voicemeter (freeware) for a low cut.

  • @ThiagoPrego
    @ThiagoPrego Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so very much. May the Lord bless you always.

  • @iliqiliev
    @iliqiliev3 жыл бұрын

    So creative

  • @themostlymikeshow2582
    @themostlymikeshow25823 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Mike! I have just started using Gimp for my thumbnails a few days ago, and your videos have really helped me understand how to use gimp to get great results. I have a quick question though, and maybe I'm not using the correct search term...Is it possible to save an image, such as a logo within gimp, that can be pasted in the same size, and with the same effects that I can just grab from the software and paste without having to reopen, and resize every time that I make a thumbnail?

  • @fadinabil8696
    @fadinabil86963 жыл бұрын

    Jesus bless you 😉☺️ dear plz Affinity tutorials

  • @alc59
    @alc593 жыл бұрын

    When changing FG/BG colors, you can change them both before clicking ok

  • @ap-nr3zi
    @ap-nr3zi3 жыл бұрын

    i am having a problem in resizing a new image when trying to add as a background. new image is either small or becoming large than the original. sorry for bad english!

  • @Egeslean
    @Egeslean3 жыл бұрын

    Is there any way to link the shadow layers with the text layer so that if you change the text the shadows change along with it?

  • @cactoosdh0

    @cactoosdh0

    Жыл бұрын

    yep, Photoshop...

  • @cristhebearskitchen9296
    @cristhebearskitchen92963 жыл бұрын

    I have only had Gimp on my Mac for 2 weeks now and I have done minimal work with it since I am still learning how to use the system. However, it has started to slow down tremendously and I have lagging when using the tools or even using commands. Does anyone know how to fix this?

  • @muzaffar18
    @muzaffar183 жыл бұрын

    i am using 2.8 and it dont have recursive filter in it

  • @MarcEspie
    @MarcEspie3 жыл бұрын

    2nd example, you don't need a layer mask, the gradient will naturally fill selections

  • @MarcEspie

    @MarcEspie

    3 жыл бұрын

    (and even if you want to change it later... I routinely do text shadow layers, and if you want to redo, you just do alpha-to-selection on the shadow layer, erase, then redraw whatever you want. It's definitely one case where the layer mask is not needed... and can come in handy to do other things, such as integrate the text "under" some parts of the photo for "vivid effects")

  • @elijahmccoy5346
    @elijahmccoy53463 жыл бұрын

    Soft edge text shadowing?

  • @megankeltner2938
    @megankeltner29383 жыл бұрын

    how do you select the text? "alpha to selection" isn't working for me on a Mac :( PLEASE HELP!!

  • @y0rkiebar

    @y0rkiebar

    2 жыл бұрын

    Same here, also on a Mac

  • @pri5469
    @pri54693 жыл бұрын

    Create a video to make fantasy photo editing....

  • @sirmild938
    @sirmild9383 жыл бұрын

    Diolinux Subscriber here.

  • @DaviesMediaDesign

    @DaviesMediaDesign

    3 жыл бұрын

    Welcome!

  • @sangitapalkar599
    @sangitapalkar5993 жыл бұрын

    How to make cyberpunk 2077 fonts and wallpapers

  • @gamerhawk5466
    @gamerhawk54663 жыл бұрын

    Hey Did You Remember Me ?? :)

  • @MarcEspie
    @MarcEspie3 жыл бұрын

    as for changing text color, why don't you just change it in the tool options ? less manips

  • @lifelongcoder
    @lifelongcoder10 ай бұрын

    Your videos are great but could they be smaller? When I'm in a hurry, 23 min looks toooo long :-)

  • @DaviesMediaDesign

    @DaviesMediaDesign

    10 ай бұрын

    Yes, they could probably be shorter for the modern audience.

  • @INFINITESYKOSIS
    @INFINITESYKOSIS3 жыл бұрын

    wen i try to scale one image up on a layer it keeps scaling up all layers...what the fuk.

  • @DaviesMediaDesign

    @DaviesMediaDesign

    3 жыл бұрын

    You either have all your images/objects on a single layer, or you have the "Transform Lock" icon enabled next to each layer in the layer's panel.

  • @kevinloffler7441
    @kevinloffler74413 жыл бұрын

    not working at all what a crap

  • @DaviesMediaDesign

    @DaviesMediaDesign

    3 жыл бұрын

    What's not working?