# drop shadow text

**URL:** <https://discourse.softpress.com/t/drop-shadow-text/10044>\
**Category:** EWA\
**Created:** [January 27, 2011, 11:17pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/drop-shadow-text/10044 "2011-01-27T23:17:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![DVTVFilm](https://discourse.softpress.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/dfb087/32.png) [@DVTVFilm](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/DVTVFilm)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 11:17pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/drop-shadow-text/10044/1 "2011-01-27T23:17:23Z")

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Is it possible to easily do drop-shadow text–or does the layer have to be duplicated in black/grey and offset slightly?

thanks

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**Author:** ![TIm\_Plumb1](https://discourse.softpress.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TIm\_Plumb1](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/TIm_Plumb1)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 10:29am UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/drop-shadow-text/10044/2 "2011-01-28T10:29:28Z")

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Unfortunately you can’t apply a drop shadow to text as a style so you will need to duplicate the item as you suggested. You can, however, group the text and shadow layers together so they can be animated as a single item in the timeline.  
Regards,  
Tim.

On 27 Jan 2011, at 23:17, DVTVFilm wrote:

> Is it possible to easily do drop-shadow text–or does the layer have to be duplicated in black/grey and offset slightly?

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