Comments on 'Draw Lined Paper' at Gimpology.com

On October 16, 2009, hulldo said...

Creating that type of drop shadow, although not directly related to this tutorial, would be done by creating one shadow of an angle in one direction, and another shadow in a different direction. While it's possible, it's not quite related to the tutorial and therefore I won't go into too much detail in the comments. However, if you wish to find out further how to configure that type of drop shadow, have a look at shadows in general by searching the appropriate terms. In a nut shell, have a play with the shadow offset angle and distance.

On October 15, 2009, A said...

Woo Hoo! It works! Finally.
Sorry for taking up so much room in here but that was really bugging me.

On October 15, 2009, A said...

Trying one more time for a clickable link. They said angle brackets would work. We'll see.

http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/tt177/ORgal2/dropshadquest.png

On October 15, 2009, A said...

Thank you. Now I have a question for you about the drop shadow you use. I had to do this image using Filters > Light & Shadow > Drop Shadow. I did it by making x, y = 10, then made each of them -10.

I like the Layer Effects > Drop Shadow like you use but I'm not having any luck making them like the image below. I don't really understand what the various terms in the Drop Shadow dialog mean.

Here is a link to show what I am trying to accomplish. Wish I knew how to make it clickable for you.
http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/tt177/ORgal2/dropshadquest.png

On October 15, 2009, A said...

Looking very good there, Zarnad. Good job.

On October 14, 2009, A said...

Looks like it didn't work. Wanted a clickable link. Dang!

On October 14, 2009, A said...

Hope I did this link right. Haven't used Markdown before. My brother, Bob, has a paper cutter and he cuts up old notebooks, etc., for scratch paper for his own use. Had to tease him with this image.
(http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/tt177/ORgal2/bobmemo.png "Bob Paper")

On October 14, 2009, A said...

On September 28, 2009, A said...

Thank you for your prompt reply. Something I DO appreciate about your video tutorials is that they don't have wild music in the background. Many do. :)

On September 27, 2009, A said...

By holding SHIFT and pressing your down arrow key, it roughly moves about 25 pixels down by default. You can always change this by just nudging the layer down using your down arrow key to a gap that you feel is suitable. It's entirely your choice how big you want the gap to be, so be creative but keep it within a suitable ratio of the paper size.

On September 27, 2009, A said...

Duplicating the line layer and moving it down. It took me awhile to realize that after duplicating the line layer that I had to click the image screen before moving it down. It probably is in the tutorial somewhere but this is really my objection to vid tuts ... stuff passes you by before you can stop and back up and there's no way to step through screens.

Anyway, my main question: What determines the amount of vertical space the line is moved down?

BTW, it IS a nice tutorial and sometimes you just want a sheet of lined paper. :-)