Create Transparent Glass Effect Text using Gimp



Type TEXT (White)
Click Align Tool, set relative to Image.
Duplicate Text layer.
Double click Text layer (TOP), click color box , select black. Close text box.
Right click on Text Layer-select Layer to Image Size.
Filter - blur -gaussian blur (30).
Click arrow key down to move layer down.
On Layers MODE: change to Grain Merge. (Layer mode is above opacity on layers box)
Click Move Tool (check Move the Active layer)and move black shadow down a little.
Now click on top layer (White), change Layer Mode to Soft Light.