I should do one for Fireworks too

I am a newbie to GIMP, and do not have the other programs or care to buy any and I have a problem with this. First, this assumes knowledge of GIMP someone who doesn't know how to make a drop shadow probably doesn't know. Like where is this 'light and shadows" of which you speak, and what was done that makes one of these things not like the others?

I see this was written in 2009 and I have been a member for quite a while but, hey, I just now have time to start developing my editing skills beyond Paint and Irfanview (though I'm not bad at that). I would like to learn how to do much more and possibly help out with the requests here, but you have to start somewhere. I can't believe nobody else has had a problem with this and hope it's just been a matter of being too embarrassed to ask and either spent considerable time figuring out where it was or gave up trying. Who knows how many more people might be helping make these logos if only they knew what more experienced people take for granted. It's so easy to forget these details and as I'm apparently unafraid of making a total idiot of myself, I thought it might be nice to include directions to the locations within GIMP mentioned here.

Thanks for your time,
Lady

PS: I discovered the Light and Shadows under Filters...but I still cannot see a difference in the image here at all. What am I missing?