: Can't put light effect on text in GIMP I've been searching for a solution for two hours now, but I can't find any. My logo is almost done, but I would like to apply some lighting on my

@Merenda852

The Overlay mode equation is:



Where I (image) is the channel from your image and M (mask) is the whatever you put over it (layer or paint tool with said mode. In your black text, I=0 so all you can get is 0 (in other words, black always remains black in an overlay blend).

So, try other modes (hard light or grain merge)... or change your black to some dark gray.

PS: I have nothing against blend modes in paint tools, but you normally get the same results with a transparent layer in said blend mode that you paint with a tool in Normal mode, and in that case you can easily change the layer mode to test things out.

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