i'm still trying to figure this one out. step 9 is sort of confusing me. I'm just using the Filters> Light and Shadow > Drop Shadow. It looks like the thing you used on yours so I'm going with that.
Sorry you had trouble with the tutorial. The GIMP menus have changed considerably since I wrote it in 2006. Just haven't had the desire to update it, but probably should.
step ten is a wee bit of info overload with all the layers.
I don't quite follow you here. Basically I'm just telling you to repeat the steps as many times as you want. Are you suggesting I should remove the final screenshot in that step that shows all the layers?
And I put the background on invisible to show the boxes. It doesn't say to do that in the tut, so I figured you forgot to say so.
You're correct, it doesn't say that. My apologies. It is implied at the end of step 9 when I state, "This is my result so far. I’ve turned the background layer off so you could see it without any difficulty." Because I turned the background layer off and never turned it back on, by saving it as a png or gif, I only had to specify to save the background as transparent in the Save Dialog.
