3D effects in FCP

Hi, I'm after a bit of help.
I am doing a name strap for a project, and I am trying to make it roll out on the screen. This has been achieved by using the curl effect and keyframes. My main problem as its curling onto the screen it casts a very heavy shadow on itself which makes it look odd. Is there any way to reduce the shadow caused by this effect? I have checked that the drop shadow is off in the motion tab.
Has anybody got any ideas how reduce the shadow? Would it be worth trying to re-create this effect in the basic 3D filter?
Feedback would be great.

The shadow is coming from the filter used to create the page curl.
FCP's Basic 3d filter is almost worthless. I do not think it will help at all in this situation. The finest 3d text effects are in the Boris line of products. Expensive.
Eventually, you will find it easier to do these kinds of effects in Motion. You can build a template that includes all of the pills and straps, motion and text animation effects. All you do is open it, save it as a new name, enter your new text elements, save, import into FCP.
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