How to blend 2 same colors, light and dark, in gimp 2.10

[fenpeppertree]

How can I get a hazy-like blend with a light and dark color of the same color, so that the color is not a static, plain, solid color in Gimp 2.10? 

I have tried the smudge tool, but it erases down to the alpha channel background in places, which just makes it very difficult, not to mention annoying and unsatisfactory.

[rich2005]

(10-29-2021, 06:43 AM)fenpeppertree Wrote: How can I get a hazy-like blend with a light and dark color of the same color, so that the color is not a static, plain, solid color in Gimp 2.10?

Really all depends on the nature of the image. A plain 2 colour with a straight dividing line - maybe a gradient linking the parts. More likely a complex image. Can you post an example somewhere, such as imgur.com

[fenpeppertree]

OK, the first two images are what I did using the smudge tool, and it worked fine. But that was just a test, and not the actual project I'm working on. The next image #3, is a part of the project. It is the dot of the letter 'i' in a text phrase. After I isolated the pink area, I tried using the smudge tool, but you can see along the edges how it messes up.


https://imgur.com/a/uniMtoh

https://imgur.com/a/xIlyyGc

https://imgur.com/a/VgcD1K9

Is there any way to get the effect in image #2 copied or something and just paste it in somehow to all the pieces (text letters) in my project?

[rich2005]

Still not too sure Is it light pink text on a darker pink background ?

If it is, then try a gradient with the Shape = shaped(angular)

I hope you have a decent size of text, and preferbly a bold font.

Light text in Gimp gives rise to some nasty edge artifacts. With the text layer active.

Select the text. Layer -> Transparency -> Alpha-to-Selection
Erase round the selection, Edit -> Stroke selection Using the Eraser tool (edit: remember to use a 2 or 3 pixel brush size)
Now fill the selection with the gradient tool, FG (light pink) to BG (dark pink) shaped angular. There is a center point for a little bit of adjustment.
Then Select -> None

Maybe it is what you want, if not more details please. example: https://i.imgur.com/ssvREjn.mp4