Corel Painter Help | Adding drop shadows to text

Some features described in the Help are available only in Corel Painter 2020, and are not included in Painter Essentials 7. For more information about Corel Painter 2020, visit http://www.painterartist.com/. To get started with Painter Essentials 7, see the Painter Essentials 7 Quick Start Guide.

Quick links to procedures on this page:

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To add a drop shadow to text

Adding drop shadows to text

You can apply a drop shadow to text. You can choose between two drop shadow styles: external, which places the shadow behind the text, or internal, which places the shadow inside the text.

You can also change the composite method for text or the drop shadow of text. For more information, see Blending layers by using composite methods.

To add a drop shadow to text

1 .

Choose the Text tool

from the toolbox.

2 .

In the Layers panel, select a text layer.

3 .

On the property bar, enable one of the following buttons:

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External Shadow

— makes your letters look as though they’re casting a shadow onto a sheet of paper held beneath them

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Internal Shadow

— makes your letters look like cutouts held above a sheet of paper that is the same color as the text

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No Shadow

— removes a shadow

You can also add a shadow by clicking the Show or hide the Text panel button on the property bar, and choosing one of the shadow buttons in the Text panel.

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