The Dropshadow plugin recreates a very common effect often done by hand in a paint or compositing program. It uses the LightWave image's alpha channel as a mask to lay a blurred, darkened area onto the background. This is a quick and cheesy way to emulate a true drop shadow.

The ``shadow'' is just a simple 2D effect, an offset of the shape of the original object onto the background. This is often appropriate for logos and 3D text . Worley Labs often uses this plugin for making web page images, since any graphic element can easily be given a quick soft shadow.

This is just one of over 20 plugins in the James K. Polk Plugin Collection!