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Pixel Film Studios Quick Tips: Plugin Controls - Drop Shadow

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Channel: Pixel Film Studios · 2017 · Film & Animation

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Drop shadow gives the illusion that an object is floating over it's background

In our plugins you will find different controls that affect different parts of the shadow

For this example

we will start with the distance slider

And use text to show the drop shadow

Raise the distance to heighten the feeling of the object being raised

And lower the distance to make the object feel closer to the wall 

Next lets use the opacity slider

Lowering the opacity makes the drop shadow less noticeable

While raising the drop shadow makes it more visible

Next lets use the blur slider

Raising the blur makes the shadow appear softer

While lowering the blur makes the shadow appear sharper

Lastly lets use the angle rotation wheel

Changing the angle will adjust the illusion of where the light is hitting the object

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