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Kjell
Kjell

Reputation: 781

GIMP Script-Fu Drop Shadow on Text?

I'm trying to create a Script-Fu script that at one point adds a drop-shadow. I use the script-fu-drop-shadow function as seen below 

(script-fu-drop-shadow image textDrawable 0 7 16 '(0 0 0) 1 FALSE)

It works on normal layers, but not text layers it seems like. I've tried to find a function that converts a text layer to a bitmap layer, but cannot seem to find one for script-fu. Normally in GIMP, you just goto the layer, right click, and click 'Discard Text Information'.

Does anyone know a function that can achieve turning a text layer into a normal bitmap layer? Or a series of steps? Or maybe someone just knows a better way of going about creating a drop shadow. Thanks!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 800

Answers (1)

Kjell
Kjell

Reputation: 781

Ok, turns out that after trying a lot of different things that one of the arguments I wrote was at 1 when it was supposed to be 100. I guess that's what happens when you think alpha levels should be at 1.0 for 100%, and 0.0 for 0%, but in reality alpha levels should be 100 for 100%. Here's corrected code:

(script-fu-drop-shadow image newTextLayer 0 7 16 '(0 0 0) 100 FALSE)

Upvotes: 1

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