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User Guide
Shadow
You can give your object a shadow, then animate it easily after making just a few settings.
In addition to making the gray shadows of real life, you can make colorful shadows, or
have an object cast a negative shadow on a dark background. In the following tutorial,
make an object float away, leaving its shadow behind on the ground. (Settings: 30 frames,
15 fps)
To animate an object and its shadow:
1 Rotate your object so that it appears to
lie somewhat flat on a surface.
2 On the Standard Toolbar, click the
Move Object button. On the Timeline
Control, add a key frame to the last
frame of the animation.
3 At frame 1, the X, Y, and Z coordinates
should remain 0. At frame 30, enter 270
for the Y coordinate, or enter any other
value that makes the object move off the
screen.
4 Select Global Effects: Shadow from the
EasyPalette file directory. Click the F/X
button on the Attribute Toolbar. Shadow
appears on the Properties Menu.
5 On the Timeline Control, add a key
frame to the last frame of the animation.
6 At frame 1, on the Attribute Toolbar,
enter 5 for X Offset and Y Offset.
Enter 3 for Soft Edge.
7 At frame 30, enter 600 for Y Offset.
Enter 40 for Soft Edge.
8 Click Play to preview the animation.
The object should float up and off the
screen, while the shadow remains
behind. If it looks like the shadow is
moving up and down, adjust the Y
Offset value for the last key frame.