Add drop shadow effect

[victor-marino]

As far as I can see, there's no way to add a shadow effect to selections/layers in Seashore.

This could come in handy in multiple situations. E.g.: Making a text layer more readable and aesthetically pleasing when placed on top of a multi-colored background.

Would this be make sense as a feature?

[robaho]

I think this is an interesting request. The underlying format doesn't allow "layer effects" - at least not how it is implemented - so the best I could do would be to add an effect - "add shadow" that converts the layer to bitmap (if text) then creates a shadow.

Normally I think this is handled by adding a shadow layer, e.g. an draw an ellipse in "gray", and place that layer under the text (or other layer) that you want to highlight.

[pg42819]

I used seashore for the 2nd time today, and immediately needed this feature ..

[robaho]

Hi Chris. I get it. I have actually very busy on a "next generation" Seashore and I'll make sure it is addressed there.

As I kind of mentioned - maybe I can work on a video - I think it is pretty easy to add a shadow effect manually. Convert the text to a bit map, duplicate the layer shift the shadow down and too the right, convert shadow layer to BW, and apply a gaussian blur. I know its a lot of steps, but it's the best I can offer right now.