Pandoras Box User Forum

Would be nice to have an effect that applies the shadow to the layer if I create a picture in picture and not only on the alpha channel. At now is only possibel to apply Drop Shadow Alpha but it doesn't work without alpha channel on "normal" pictures or clips.

Hi Ricky,

while displaying a texture, we need to reserve a specific texture size which is always set to the dimension of a layer. As the shadow is larger than the texture, there is no space to show the shadow as the layer is always at the size of the original image.

As soon as you use the "resize" effect from the "uv mapping" you are creating space for transparency around the image and therefore space for the drop shadow as well. After resizing the image you can use the drop shadow as you now have transparency to drop in.

Hope this is explained not to complicated.
Markus

Thank you much Markus! I did'nt know this trick..

Best Regards

This is a good trick. I have a suggestion though. Do you think we could also add a Softness slider to the drop shadow effect so we do not have to burn yet another effect to make a soft edge drop shadow.

Hey guys,

like always: One idea leads to another!
Good point, Cyeary, I will forward it to the developers.

Markus

If we really wanted to simplify the process, it would great to also add a X/Y position slider and an opacity slider in addition to the softness control