You can add a shadow to an objectA part of a picture, including shapes, text boxes, lines, or animations, that can be edited individually. or a group of objects to make it appear to cast a shadow in your pictureGeneral term that includes photos, graphics, clip art, and objects. Any photo or project in this product..
To add a shadow:
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Select the object or group of objects you want to shadow.
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On the Effects menu, click Shadow.
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Under Click a shadow, click the shadow.
 | Optional: Customize the shadow.
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Click Customize the shadow.
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Under Click the color you want, select the color.
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To choose a custom color, do the following:
- Click More color choices
- To change the color hue, move the yellow circle around the outside of the color wheel.
- To change the color saturation, move the blue circle around the inside of the color wheel.
- To change the color brightness, move the blue circle toward or away from the center of the circle.
- Click Done.
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To change the transparencyAn effect that enables the background to show through a picture or object. of the shadow, drag the Transparency sliderA control that sets values by sliding a marker to the left or the right..
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To change the edge softness of the shadow, drag the Edge softness slider.
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Click Done.
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Click Done.
Tip
When you add a shadow to a group of objects, the entire group casts a single shadow. When you add a shadow to multiple objects at once, each object casts its own shadow.
