Creating Drop Shadow

It seems like creating a simple drop shadow would be an easy
task but I've tried with no luck. I've looked at all of the help
and followed the directions in help. I have a jpg (a photo) and
want to place a drop shadow on the bottom and right side. I've
selected the image and clicked on Effects in the Properties box and
selected Drop Shadow from the Shadow and Glow menu. The Distance is
set at 7, the color is black, Opacity is 65%, Softness is 4, and
the Angle is 315. I click out of the box, the Effects show a check
mark and Drop Shadow but there's no shadow. What am I missing here?
Selecting Preview just shows the image without the shadow.

Once you have applied your drop shadow, click outside your
image and in the
Property Inspector click 'Fit Canvas', that should do it.
Peter
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| It seems like creating a simple drop shadow would be an
easy task but I've
| tried with no luck. I've looked at all of the help and
followed the
directions
| in help. I have a jpg (a photo) and want to place a drop
shadow on the
bottom
| and right side. I've selected the image and clicked on
Effects in the
| Properties box and selected Drop Shadow from the Shadow and
Glow menu. The
| Distance is set at 7, the color is black, Opacity is 65%,
Softness is 4,
and
| the Angle is 315. I click out of the box, the Effects show
a check mark
and
| Drop Shadow but there's no shadow. What am I missing here?
Selecting
Preview
| just shows the image without the shadow.
|

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