Follow steps:
Start gimp
Go through menus Xtns > Scrupt-Fu > Logos and click menu item Shrek Text, as shown below the note
NOTE : If you cant find menu Shrek Text in said place, that means your copy of gimp does not contain a script shrek.scm file. You can download this file BY CLICKING HERE from the gimp.org plugin registery, and put it in <gimp main folder>/share/gimp/2.0/scripts, and restart the gimp.
After clicking this menu a new window will appear, where you have to enter the information about your final plastic text, as shwn here:
After entering desired text, selecting font, height, and color, click OK, you will notice the gimp will process for a while and create new document containing your plastic text, as shown here:
Now within above shown image window go through menus
Script-Fu > Shadow and click Drop-Shadow
which will bring you a new window asking you some inforamtion about new shadow to be created, simply click OK, as shown here:
Now go to Layers tab and drag the layer named Drop-Shadow to the position over the last Layer named Background, so that layers' presentation is as shown below:
TIP: if you want to have this image transparent and you wish to reuse it within other applications like swish, I suggest you exporting it as PNG (Portable Network Graphics) image format, so that the transparency and colors are not disturbed.
Final image without background will look somhow like this:
Final Example
It hope it was interesting
