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Is there a way to get a drop shadow on text in Affinity Photo? If so how?

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Got it thanks. I'm slowly learning somethings are a lot different than gimp. But they all seem to be there somewhere. :)

Mac MacBook Pro 15 in.  OS X 10.9.5, Mid 2012 456.77 GB Affinity Design and Photo.

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On 3/21/2019 at 6:37 PM, msandersen said:

Effects -> Outer Shadow

Outer Shadow is not the same as a Drop Shadow... hence the distinctions Outer & Drop.

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1 hour ago, PeggyJS said:

Outer Shadow is not the same as a Drop Shadow... hence the distinctions Outer & Drop.

Different name for the same thing. There is no Drop Shadow in the effects layers available in any of the Affinity products.

Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 
Affinity Designer 2.6.0 | Affinity Photo 2.6.0 | Affinity Publisher 2.6.0 | Beta versions as they appear.

I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.

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I tend to agree with PeggyJS, it is not the same...  Use Bevel and Emboss as effect, then you can adjust the light direction so the shadows do not go out on every side. Took me some time to figure it out too.

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I think what @Lucas 1955is referring to is where the shadow is like this...

dropshadow.jpg

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1 hour ago, MEB said:

not available in Photo (other than building it manually).

That's what I done.

 

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1 hour ago, MEB said:

That type od effect is typically known as a cast shadow or long shadow

I know Coreldraw does call it Drop Shadow.

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I use watermarked titles, words, etc. in a huge amount of the images I send for upload.  In the v1 of AF this could be done easily within the layers panel but on moving to V2 the whole "Drop Shadow" for text seems to have become a major task in itself . . it's sadly impacted my productivity.

The best help I can see is this : https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/185316-affinity-photo-2-text-drop-shadow/#findComment-1078608

Cannot understand why something that worked was "fixed"?

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