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Here’s a gif of my final video, I added some color and motion tracking because the base footage wasn’t shot with a tripod. Click 'Effect,' 'Perspective' and then 'Drop Shadow.' This opens an 'Effects Control' window for your selected layer and object. Open the Minimax settings in the Effects Control panel. For this method of the effect to work, you’ll need to use some expressions check out this handy guide if you’re unsure what an expression is. Here I didn’t notice that my image was accepting lights until I moved the light in front of it. Now we have added our effects, we can make the settings adjustments needed to create the long shadow detail. Switching to different camera views is a good way to get a better feel of your light’s position and length of the shadow. 3D Shadow Feather the fall off of a 3D shadow to mimic a realistic light effect. The horizontal offset (required) of the shadow, positive means the shadow will be on the right of the box, a negative offset will put the shadow on the left of the box. The next step is to move around the light in 3D space until your shadow starts to mimic the shadows from the video. Drop Shadow Experiment with feather and adding blur to the drop shadow. The box-shadow property in CSS is for putting shadows on elements (sometimes referred to as drop shadows, ala Photoshop/Figma). You want your shape layer to accept shadows but not lights and you want the animation layer to cast shadows and accept lights. Before you move it around, change a couple of settings on the shape and animation layer. Once everything looks lined up, change the blending mode on the rectangle to multiply. Drag and drop the Text+ title onto your timeline on video track 2 to super impose it on the background. Locate the Text+ title, which is easily customizable directly within the timeline. Flipping camera modes to top and side lets you place the element right against the rectangle at a 90 degree angle. Click on the Effects button on the top left corner, and click on the Titles category. I need to make sure my animation is directly on top of the rectangle and has 3D mode turned on as we fine tune it’s placement. It’s a simple technique where a shadow is created behind an object, giving it a sense of depth and making it appear as if it’s floating on top of the background layer. I’ve started by rotating my rectangle 90 degrees at the X-axis and then tweaking its placement so it looks like its sitting on top of the ground. Classic Drop Shadow: This is the most common type of shadow used in graphic design.
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The goal is for this white rectangle to sit where the ground is and have the cartoon directly on top. I set my lens to 35mm because thats what I shot the lower layer at. The general concept of this technique is that we are going to setup a virtual light to mimic the sun and a shape layer to accept the shadow, so you’ll first want to add a shape layer, draw a white rectangle with the shape tool and then make sure the layer is in 3D Click any of the images below for larger view. This effect is best if you use bottom layer footage with well defined shadows, I’ve chose this midday short shadow shot that I will drop a little looping cartoon on top of. This trick can give your video a nice cohesiveness and add an easy 3D effect to a flat object. The box-shadow property in CSS is for putting shadows on elements (sometimes referred to as “drop shadows”, ala Photoshop/Figma).Adding a shadow to a 2D element in After Effects helps sell a 3D effect.ĭrop a shadow from a 2D element in After Effects and match it up with the existing shadows of a piece of footage.