Adds a drop shadow to any media with an existing alpha channel, such as titles and graphics placed within the frame.
This plug-in does not produce any useful output when applied to a standard video frame with fully opaque pixels.
Drop Shadow is compatible with Final Cut Pro, Motion, Premiere Pro and After Effects.
Presets contain a snapshot of your effect configuration. 7 built-in presets are available.
When you save parameter configuration to a file on disk, this file can later be loaded to recreate the same effect configuration. Presets generated in one video application can be used by the same plug-in running in a different video application.
Working with the Presets MenuA point parameter you can adjust to determine the location of the shadow relative to the pixels that cast the shadow.
Adjusting Point Parameters in Final Cut Pro
Adjusting Point Parameters in Motion
Set to 25% by default.
This parameter selects the method used to blur opaque pixels when generating a shadow.
Set to 0° by default.
Build In/Out lets you enable and control animation progress.
When the animation is Off, no transition into or out of the effect occurs.
When the effect is set to build in and out by Trimming, the following parameters are displayed:
The Trim slider defines a range where the effect has been fully built. Any time outside this range is spent building the animation in or out. For example, if the Trim range is set between 20% and 80%, the effect builds in from the start of the clip up to 20% of its duration. The effects builds out from 80% to the end of the clip. If the clip were 5 seconds long, the build in and out animations last 1 second each.
When the effect is set to build in and out through a Duration, the following parameters are displayed:
The Build In (secs) and Build Out (secs) give you an exact way to decide how long each animation should last. Should your selection not be applicable to the current clip, a warning will appear in the output. For example, if your clip lasts only 3 seconds, it would be impossible to have the build in and out animations both last 2 seconds each (as the total would be 4 seconds).
When the effect is set to build in and out through Keyframes, a single parameter is displayed:
The Build In (Easing) and Build Out (Easing) parameters let you choose the animation curve when animating by Trimming the clip or by specifying a Duration.
The Progress parameter gives complete control over the animation to you. You will need to keyframe the Progress parameter using features of the video app.
Turn on to animate the Offset parameter.
Turn on to animate the Radius parameter.
Turn on to animate the Color parameter.
Turn on to animate the Opacity parameter.
A number that controls random aspects of the effect.
Click the button to assign a new seed value. When the seed value is changed, the effect uses a different random sequence to produce a different output.