Drop Shadow on Videos

[agfrancis]

Hello,

Are there any suggestions for the best way to add a drop shadow to a video layer or live input? I've had a search through the manual and forums and can only find reference to drop shadows on text. 

Thanks

Andrew

[agfrancis]

I've been playing around with generating the shadow in GIMP and then importing the exported .png file as a new layer behind the videos. It does achieve what I want but perhaps there is a way to do this within Watchout?

 

Andrew

[Jonas Dannert]

There is only drop-shadows possible in the text-editor of WATCHOUT, as of now.

 

The procedure described above works, however.

 

 

/jonas

[morgancreative]

I have created a custom frame that has a dropshadow built in (.png format) and I apply this over the video layer. The frame has a HD 16x9 hole for video to show through and a subtle inner shadow. Works great!! We are prepping for a show on the 22nd of Sept, and will see if I can post pics afterwards.

[Alex Ramos]

Right, that the way to run video on a windows with drop shadow.

 

But what I assumed from agfrancis previous post was to make a video with alpha channel and dynamic drop shadow.

[cowboyclint]

I usually keep a soft edge black square in my utility folder to throw behind an image if I need drop shadow. I can scale it to the size of the image, reposition it right quick, then make it the length of the content.

[danielbrodie]

Right, that the way to run video on a windows with drop shadow.

 

But what I assumed from agfrancis previous post was to make a video with alpha channel and dynamic drop shadow.

If that was the case, I would duplicate the layer, move the bottom layer down and to the side slightly, tint the whole thing black, & and turn the opacity down. There's a functional drop shadow.