Title drop shadow iMovie '13

It seems that one can no longer add a drop shadow to titles in the new (October 2013) version of iMovie.
A lot of nice features have been added, but this seems to be an omission.
Or is there a way to add a drop shadow that I'm missing?

Thank you a pleasure to be here although i am a little unsure how much i will be able to help other people. I quite recently switched to Mac and haven't really had many problems to solve. Why i bought a Mac really after coveting them for a few years and being stuck in windows ****.
Aaaanyways. You do make a very good point. However i don't actually edit for DVD very often, this is all for web and particuly when using white lettering on a background the text looks dirty as it fades in. The style i use is also very much in tune with the website i run, very bright and... blocky i guess is the closest i word i can find to describe. Very simplistic indeed. Orange and white are the clours of choice for the project i am on now.
As you say, drop shadow has its use and reasons for using, but right now i really don't want it and don't seem to have that option with iMovie. In fact the ONLY place WMM beats iMovie is on the titles front.
I appreciate it could be a case for stepping up to a higher end application but i am currently prohibited by cost and actually like working with a simplistic editor for now. Learning to walk before i run
Thanks for your words Sue

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IMovie titles - drop shadow

I may be missing something really obvious, but i'm hoping for some help if there is an answer.
I simply do not want drop shadow on text when i make titles, i can not find a way to switch it off.
On a similer line, i have made simple graphic title pages up as jpg but when imported into iMovie (HD) they go blurry and look awfull. I have tried a multitued of file types and obviously bumbed the quality to 100% but no joy. Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks for taking the time to read this...
Ian

Thank you a pleasure to be here although i am a little unsure how much i will be able to help other people. I quite recently switched to Mac and haven't really had many problems to solve. Why i bought a Mac really after coveting them for a few years and being stuck in windows ****.
Aaaanyways. You do make a very good point. However i don't actually edit for DVD very often, this is all for web and particuly when using white lettering on a background the text looks dirty as it fades in. The style i use is also very much in tune with the website i run, very bright and... blocky i guess is the closest i word i can find to describe. Very simplistic indeed. Orange and white are the clours of choice for the project i am on now.
As you say, drop shadow has its use and reasons for using, but right now i really don't want it and don't seem to have that option with iMovie. In fact the ONLY place WMM beats iMovie is on the titles front.
I appreciate it could be a case for stepping up to a higher end application but i am currently prohibited by cost and actually like working with a simplistic editor for now. Learning to walk before i run
Thanks for your words Sue

Getting rid of titles' drop shadows?

Is there anyway to tell iMovie not to use drop shadows in titles? I can't seem to figure it out. Almost all of the presets use drop shadows. I just want the plain font, "flattened."
It seems silly that drop shadows are forced when they are not always appropriate.

Glueslabs,
There's no way to turn off the drop shadows in iMovie HD.
You'll find that the drop shadows can greatly improve the legibility of your titles when viewed on a standard definition television.
Matt

PP CS6 Title Safe Motion Automatic Drop Shadow - WHY and how do I turn it off?

Hello all.
I'm new to Premiere (one week) after years on Avid. So go easy on me.
I've created a title that I've added some motion to (basic stuff, just moved the position/added some directional blur so that the camera pan matches the title movement). The moment the edge of the title frame enters the screen a drop shadow appears - but only if there's motion (see attached picture).
At first I thought it wouldn't show up on export- but it did. I'm sure it was placed there by programmers as some kind of marker, or edge warning, but why in the world can't I find a place to shut it off? I tried everything, watched about 2 hours worth of adobe TV, youtube, vimeo tutorials, read forums, the software's help section, etc. Had a chat conversation with an adobe rep in India and he suggested I animate using title crawl - in the end he didn't know how to turn the shadow off. I could always go to AE, but why should I have to do this for something so basic? Is there ANY way to shut this feature off (considering how customizable everything that adobe makes tends to be)? Or do I have to bite the bullet and create a Matte to over the shadow (silly considering it wasn't my creative choice).
PS: If I stack video on top of video the same shadow does not appear, even if I add motion to it - so this is a title only problem.
PPS: Yes, I could zoom into the frame to avoid the shadow (and if there is no answer or solution to my question I will do that) but why should there be a permanent shadow on a Title frame that already has several safety markers - including a while edge around the frame???? Or furthermore, why should we be limited to work inside a frame???
Thank you for your help/time.

It's locked and I'm unable to toggle it, but it seems like that is the current setting. It still shows the shadow.

How do I adjust the color of a glow/drop shadow in a title?

Some of the preset styles for text/titles have drop shadows or glow effects in various colors. How do you adjust the color? Say if I wanted the Bell Gothic Ice 26 style, but with a orange glow instead of teal?

every
In the absence of further information, I will generalize for now.
You do your text titles color changes in Color Properties in the Titler. The fill in Color Properties is enabled only after you have added a Style.
In order for the Stroke to be enabled in Color Properties, you need to apply a Style and that style must have a Stroke in its preset. Please read the details of the Titler's Color Properties in the following Adobe documents
Adobe Premiere Elements Help | Adding color and shadows to titles
We will be watching for your follow ups.
Thank you.
ATR

Drop shadow disappears when I close title tool?

I'm using Premiere Pro CC. I have created a title in title tool and I have added a drop shadow. I can see the drop shadow when I still have the title tool open.
Once I close the title tool window the drop shadow disappears? I have tried different fonts nothing seems to work. Don't know what else to try?

It's not really a bug, it's by design. Hardware acceleration processes things differently.
If you're on CC, you can also leave hardware acceleration on and go into the Sequence settings and uncheck Composite in Linear Color.

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Drop shadow issue in Distiller 9.0

InDesign CS4 has 2-color title, which has Pantone Orange (spot color) and Black (Process Color). The design has two objects, first object has set as Pantone and second object has set as Black on top of the Pantone object and it has Drop shadow too. The drop shadow (Black - Process color) does not appeared on Pantone object while converting PS through PDF whereas the exported PDF from InDesign converted wonderfully. I have attached an images (turned on/off Overprint Preview) for your reference. You can see the difference when you turn on/off "Overprint Preview" in Acrobat. Also thin white rule appeared. Actually the rule should not appear in the PDF. Any help much appreciated.

What happens if you print one page with the drop shadow together with only one or two pages that don't have the drop shadow? What color mix are your drop shadows? Like Peter suggested, check the corresponding compression settings in your distiller preset. Heck, check all the compression settings in those presets. I had to use PS to work around some issue once and distinctly remember a problem with the presets making my grayscale elements look low-res because compression was set too high in a preset that was supposed to be high quality.
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Perhaps somebody can tell me how is the coloring of Safari windows handled. Windows of all other applications are fine -- it's just the Safari's window that gets the problem.

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It's been much faster than trying to fish around for the solution to the problem. Still, I am actually interested in discovering how exactly the windows are decorated on Mountain Lion. The developers of Mac themes must know, but I do not know any of them

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I am trying to adapt Romain Guy's DropShadowPanel to make a drop shadow on a JInternalFrame. It seems as the shadow is drawn outside the clip of the frame I have to somehow increase the clip size to see the shadow. It's nearly working but the shadow isn't working when the frame is moved.
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import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.LayoutManager;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
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import java.beans.PropertyChangeListener;
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        if (factory == null) {
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            this.factory = factory;
            this.factory.addPropertyChangeListener(this);
            shadow = null;
            repaint();
    public float getAngle() {
        return angle;
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        this.angle = angle;
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    public int getDistance() {
        return distance;
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        this.distance = distance;
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        repaint();
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         Graphics g3 = g.create();
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                                                                       getHeight());
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Modifying the clip to draw outside of the frame bounds is not a good idea. Swing expects components to paint only within their bounds. So when you move the frame from position A to position B, swing takes care that the old frame bounds are repainted by the underlying component (desktop pane). The stuff you painted outside of the frame bounds will not be cleared. Maybe you will have some success if you ask the desktop pane to repaint after every resize/move of the internal frame.
The approach with the empty border seemed more promising and I gave it a try. First thing I found is that some InternalFrameUI's install their own border on the frame. See the updateUI() method below to see how I tried to work around that problem. This works for Metal, Motif and Windows L&F (only when using the windows classic theme).
Second thing I found is that when using the windows XP theme, the BasicInternalFrameUI.Handler.layoutContainer() method sets the bounds of the internal frame's "north pane" to the whole width of the frame (ignoring any borders). If you really only need this to work in one specific L&F, I imagine it would be possible to subclass the WindowsInternalFrameUI, override the createNorthPane() method to return a subclass of WindowsInternalFrameTitlePane which in turn override the setBounds() method, reducing the width by the amount needed for the shadow.
The code contains the empty border approach (not working for windows L&F with XP theme enabled). I was not able to test any linux or mac L&Fs.
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import javax.swing.JDesktopPane;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JInternalFrame;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.border.CompoundBorder;
import javax.swing.border.EmptyBorder;
import org.jdesktop.swingx.graphics.GraphicsUtilities;
import org.jdesktop.swingx.graphics.ShadowRenderer;
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    private static final int SHADOW_WIDTH = 4;
    private ShadowRenderer shadowRenderer = new ShadowRenderer(SHADOW_WIDTH, 0.5f, Color.BLACK);
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        JFrame frame = new JFrame("DropShadowInternalFrame");
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        frame.setContentPane(desktopPane);
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    public void paint(Graphics g) {
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Drop Shadow default

Is there a way to change the drop shadow default in FCP? It seems everytime I choose to use a drop shadow I have to set the parameters different from the default. I always use the same settings.

My work-around for this is to lay a title out at the end of a sequence, all set up with my shadow parameters, etc. When it's time to cut in a title, I razorblade off a little piece, pull it into position, add the particular type and pull it out to length. Or sometimes I set up the title, and then just paste it a number of times as needed, then change the type.
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Drop shadow causing faint rectangles showing in final printed book cover

Greetings experts!
Hoping I can get a translation and a nod as to whether I am on the right track. I have taken a two-day beginner's course in InDesign and am getting past the edge of my knowledge on this issue.
Publishing a 112-page book, perfect bound, with full color cover.
The printer ran the cover a little darker this time, and some pesky faint rectangles showed up around the book title which is reversed out of a photograph. The title has a drop shadow.
I found the following reference, but am not sure what the terms mean and what I'm supposed to adjust. Any help much appreciated. See below for article reference.
Kindest regards,
spnDesign
"Clip Complex Regions Ensures that the boundaries between vector artwork and rasterized artwork fall along object paths. This option reduces stitching artifacts that result when part of an object is rasterized while another part of the object remains in vector form. However, selecting this option may result in paths that are too complex for the printer to handle.
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A couple of other things: check your transparency settings, and set them to High Resolution.
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Use two layers, one that carries the lower third text and the other that carries the lower third background or bar. Use spaces to make up letters for the the background layer. Apply the drop shadow to the text layer.
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