tfindlay Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 I am trying to add a drop shadow to a layer. In the Layer Effects window I check Outer Shadow. When I try to move the radius slider Gaussian Blur gets checked. Now when I move the slider the edges of the layer shape are blurred along with the shadow. Is there a way to apply a drop shadow without blurring the layer shape? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums. I think you probably left the Gaussian Blur effect selected (highlighted in blue), and ticked the box for Outer Shadow, but did not select Outer Shadow. You can have multiple effects "ticked" as active. The one you're adjusting is the one that is selected and highlighted in blue. In other words, if you have something like I show below, you are adjusting the Gaussian Blur settings, not the Outer Shadow settings: You need: Callum 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tfindlay Posted March 29, 2020 Author Share Posted March 29, 2020 You nailed it! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 You're welcome. Been there, done that, ... Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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