Shadow Visual Effect

The Shadow Visual Effect shows a simulated shadow casting by the object.

For simulating the shadow a color silhouette of the object is displaced inhorizontal and/or vertical direction on the back of the object.

Options

Shadow Visual Effect.

• Offset
• Control the shadow displacement in pixels on the X and Z axis.

X, Z

• Shadow Color
• Defines the shadow color.
• Scale
• Control the size of the shadow on the X and Z axis.

X, Z

• Rotation
• Sets the shadow rotation around the Grease Pencil object centeror another object when Use Object As Pivot is enabled.
• Blur
• Control the blur scale in pixels on the X and Z axis.

X, Z

• Samples

• Number of blur samples (0 disabled the blur effect).

  • Use Object As Pivot
  • When enabled, an Object is used by the shadow as the center of rotation.

• Object

• Sets the object to use as the pivot point for the shadow.

  • Use Wave Effect
  • When enabled, apply a wave distortion to the shadow.

• Direction

• Sets horizontal or vertical direction for the waves.
• Amplitude
• Controls the strength and the depth of the wave.
• Period
• Controls the wave period. The time it takes to complete one cycle.
• Phase
• Shifts the wave pattern over the shadow.

Example

Shadow Effect samples.

Simple Shadow.

Blurred Shadow.

Stretched shadow with an Empty as center of rotation.