DropShadow

This gizmo creates a drop shadow for any input image that has an alpha channel with values greater than 0.

Inputs and Controls

Connection Type	Connection Name	Function
Input	input	The input image from which shadows are cast.
Input	bg	The background image to merge over using the specified merge operation.

Control (UI)	Knob (Scripting)	Default Value	Function
User Tab
enable drop shadow	enable_dropshadow_effect	enabled	When enabled, the drop shadow effect is applied.
inherit input color	inherit_input_color	disabled	When enabled, the drop shadow uses the input color as the shadow and ignores the color control. When disabled, the shadow color is determined by the color control.
color	color	0, 0, 0	When inherit input color is disabled, controls the color used for the drop shadow effect.
opacity	opacity	0.7	Controls the opacity of the shadow effect.
angle	dropshadow_angle	225	Controls the direction in which the shadow is cast, where 0/360° is equal to left and 180° is right.
distance	dropshadow_distance	5	Determines the distance from the input that the shadow falls, in pixels.
softness	softness	0	Controls how much blur/feather is applied to the shadow effect.
shrink/expand	size	0	Controls the size of the effect by eroding (negative values) or dilating (positive values) the shadow.
input	operation	over	Sets the merge operation used when comping the input over the background. See Merge Operations for more information.