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Drop Shadows in Adobe After Effects

Get exactly the drop shadow you want in After Effects. Learn how to adjust specifications of drop shadows using Adobe After Effects software in this free video editing tutorial from a film production professor.

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And so, again, we added a drop shadow and in the effects controls we can adjust the distance of the drop shadow, we can adjust the softness, the opacity, the direction, and so forth. So we get a nice effect with the drop shadow. Another nice effect, another nice shadow effect in after effects, is, let's right click, go to effect, perspective, radial shadow. Radial shadow gives you a bit more control because you can control the light source that creates the shadow, and you do that by clicking on this node, any time you select radial shadow, this node pops up and you can indirectly move the light so that it feels where you need it to fall, and then can adjust the other parameters just like we could in the regular drop shadow.

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Drop Shadows in Adobe After Effects

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