drop shadow to moving object after effects

Drop shadow to moving object after effects how to#

At first I missed the convenience of the older options and, because I do different things these days, this thread made me look at shearing shadows for the first time - and by time I'd done those very simple examples, I was perfectly at home with it all. The interesting thing for me, with Affinity, has been coming out of that comfort zone and thinking about what was in those 'pre-packaged' tools.

Drop shadow to moving object after effects how to#

Some of us used Serif's previous software for many years and we got used to the comfort of having some processes 'pre-packaged' - pre-packaged but infinitely variable as to width, length, shear, opacity, offset, blur and orientation (and maybe more), it was so easy that we never had to really think about how a shadow was created, but we knew all about how to get the effect that we wanted and the right effect for the job - as has been mentioned, unless you are doing a series of identical projects, all shadows are different. The best thing about this thread is that it has been healthy discussion and very interesting. I would add that in my aging version of Quark, shadow was either ON or OFF and was OK pretty useless I would suggest that in the creative process in different situations NO TWO SHADOWS ARE THE SAME so the ability to change any variable including colour, to achieve the look is what counts. I would conceed the option to 'save as a favourite or as a default' would be useful, but as long as I can copy and paste the effect, then that's fine. SAME DOUGH!!!!Įven where there is a one click option, inevitably variables still need to be adjusted.

In caption/title creation software including Adobe software ( I author DVD/BluRay with Encore and still have an older version of Photoshop) outer shadow and drop shadow are one and the same - bit like pasta dough - roll it flat you have Lasagne sheets, cut it into thin strips you have Tagliatelle. As a video producer with a few years under my not inconsiderable sized belt, I am in total disbelief at the length of this thread.