import QtQuick 2.0 Rectangle { id: root width: 320 height: 480 Text { id: textItem text: "Text Item" visible: false } ShaderEffect { width: root.width / 2 height: root.height / 2 anchors.left: parent.left anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter property variant source: ShaderEffectSource { sourceItem: ShaderEffect { width: root.width / 2 height: root.height /2 property variant source: ShaderEffectSource { sourceItem: textItem } } } } }