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xxSanuk — shadow tutorial for GIMP

Published: 2010-07-30 06:07:03 +0000 UTC; Views: 5547; Favourites: 152; Downloads: 126
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Description -- So, here's how I do a shadow. I just recently figured it out, I've been trying to figure it out FOREVER, and now that I have, it's really simple and easy. It doesn't even take like 5 minutes. Sorry about my sloppy cutting/ mane smudging. I was to lazy. My first tutorial... is it alright?

-- I use GIMP 2.6, so some stuff might be different. Like I believe to do a dropshadow on older versions you have to go to script-fu and follow that... I update my version of GIMP every now and then. So I have the latest.

Any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

Hope it's easy enough to understand. :]

xx -- credits:
horse: [link]
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Comments: 41

Lzzam77 [2014-12-09 03:29:01 +0000 UTC]

What if you want the shadow on the front instead of behind the horse?

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Harley-artworks [2014-07-27 16:36:34 +0000 UTC]

Hello,
thanks for providing this useful tutorials i have used it here:
link

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DitBenIkke [2013-09-07 17:44:16 +0000 UTC]

thanks! ^^ Now I understand how to do it!

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MoonlightWolf444 [2013-08-17 01:54:32 +0000 UTC]

An excellent tutorial, helped me out a lot!!

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hauntedgt [2012-12-21 22:26:03 +0000 UTC]

Nice

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xxSanuk In reply to hauntedgt [2012-12-24 07:23:10 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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akky3210 [2012-08-04 04:46:01 +0000 UTC]

FINALLY!!!! I've been trying to figure out shadows FOREVER!!

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horselover110 [2012-06-10 02:59:22 +0000 UTC]

Yeay!! thanks i just didn't know if Gimp had shear thanks for the simple yet helpfulness

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xxSanuk In reply to horselover110 [2012-06-10 22:22:57 +0000 UTC]

Glad it is useful to you c:

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Sheltiegirl17 [2012-04-21 18:22:26 +0000 UTC]

made this with the help of your amazing tut!!! [link]

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xxSanuk In reply to Sheltiegirl17 [2012-04-22 00:17:08 +0000 UTC]

Very nice manip! c:

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just-for-giggles [2012-04-21 11:36:53 +0000 UTC]

Great tutorial! I've been looking for something FOREVER and this was perfect. Thanks! ^^

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xxSanuk In reply to just-for-giggles [2012-04-22 00:16:47 +0000 UTC]

Thank! glad you found it useful c:

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mistakeisbliss [2012-03-24 16:49:14 +0000 UTC]

Awesome tutorial. Helped me a lot. (:

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xxSanuk In reply to mistakeisbliss [2012-03-24 20:07:12 +0000 UTC]

Good, I'm glad you found it useful.

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Vipette [2012-03-23 21:20:33 +0000 UTC]

How do I flip the shadow upside down so it's on the other side of the horse?

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xxSanuk In reply to Vipette [2012-03-23 21:27:07 +0000 UTC]

You flip it vertically, if you look in one of the above comments I explained how to

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Vipette [2012-03-23 21:11:11 +0000 UTC]

this is so helpful
thankss!!!!

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xxSanuk In reply to Vipette [2012-03-23 21:15:41 +0000 UTC]

You are so welcome c:

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Amadigo [2011-12-04 06:19:51 +0000 UTC]

When i click the layer... there is no "filters" option? I have gimp 2.6...

?

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xxSanuk In reply to Amadigo [2011-12-04 16:55:58 +0000 UTC]

The filters option won't appear when you click the layer, you are just clicking the layer to make sure that when you are adding your drop shadow, it goes specifically to your horse, and not the picture as a whole.

The 'filter' option is on the same line where 'Files' and 'Tools' are (which is above the picture in the tool bar area)

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Amadigo In reply to xxSanuk [2011-12-04 17:21:51 +0000 UTC]

Ohh! Thank you

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xxSanuk In reply to Amadigo [2011-12-04 19:21:37 +0000 UTC]

You are welcome

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The-Silver-Sparkle [2011-10-09 19:33:09 +0000 UTC]

My shadow is on the other side.

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xxSanuk In reply to The-Silver-Sparkle [2011-10-10 03:52:11 +0000 UTC]

Try flipping the layer vertically (upside down) and playing around with it from that. If it doesn't work, note me or comment back and I'll try to work something out!

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The-Silver-Sparkle In reply to xxSanuk [2011-10-10 22:44:35 +0000 UTC]

And how might I do that? Lol, I'm confused

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xxSanuk In reply to The-Silver-Sparkle [2011-10-11 04:34:57 +0000 UTC]

Right click your shadow layer in the actual picture, go to Image > transform > flip vertically !

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C00kie-M0nstr [2011-08-18 18:19:04 +0000 UTC]

OK it worked for me, but I need the shadow to me on the other side! How do I do that?

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xxSanuk In reply to C00kie-M0nstr [2011-09-06 02:27:06 +0000 UTC]

Sorry it has taken me a long time to respond, I've been busy with school things these past few weeks!
- I'd simply flip the layer upside down (or vertically) and it should work out, so that it's the opposite. And then just stretch it and size it to fit! hope that works, if not, note me and I'll work on finding out a way!

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C00kie-M0nstr In reply to xxSanuk [2011-09-07 22:50:55 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I'll try it for my next manip

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xxSanuk In reply to C00kie-M0nstr [2011-09-20 02:45:47 +0000 UTC]

Great (: Let me know if it works out!!

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EquineArtifex [2011-03-26 12:03:45 +0000 UTC]

It's not working for me for some reason? When I try to scale the srop shaddow, I select the drop shadow layer, click the layer and the other layer pops back up on top and it won't let me work with the drop shadow layer?
Any ideas

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xxSanuk In reply to EquineArtifex [2011-03-27 15:50:12 +0000 UTC]

So you are selecting the layer in the layer box, and THEN clicking the shadow behind the horse? Make sure you have the Scale tool selected when you do it, before you select the Drop Shadow layer in the box, because that's what makes the shadow go on top of the horse. Hope that helps :3

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EquineArtifex In reply to xxSanuk [2011-03-29 05:24:03 +0000 UTC]

No, it's still not working, I tried the order of scale>layer.click and the first layer just keeps popping back up, I'm still trying but I have no idea what's going on!

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xxSanuk In reply to EquineArtifex [2011-03-30 00:17:29 +0000 UTC]

o: I don't know then, I've never had that problem. :3 I'm sorryy, you can try playing around with the layers, and see if a certain way works. I honestly don't know.

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EquineArtifex In reply to xxSanuk [2011-03-31 07:57:53 +0000 UTC]

I don't know either lol, I'm useless at following instructions so it's probs mu fault! I'll just keep playing

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xxSanuk In reply to EquineArtifex [2011-04-04 03:42:09 +0000 UTC]

lol, I understand. xD I'm not the best at following instructions, either, aha. But yeah, just play around with it and find what works for you

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judeskiss [2011-02-09 06:04:03 +0000 UTC]

THANK YOU! this really helped, I am so grateful for this you've no idea.

[link]

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xxSanuk In reply to judeskiss [2011-02-10 03:20:37 +0000 UTC]


You are so welcome! I'm glad it helped! And you're manip looks really nice!

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StormroseDewleaf [2010-07-30 06:12:42 +0000 UTC]

Nice tutorial, especially for your first. ^-^ Pretty easy to understand, and all the steps are clarified so even people new to GIMP could probably figure it out quickly (not clarifying on certain things is something that really, really annoys me in tutorials).

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xxSanuk In reply to StormroseDewleaf [2010-07-30 06:16:56 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! Yeah, it annoys me, too. I feel a need to clarify things, lol. ^_^

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