# Drop Shadow

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drop-shadow/241274>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [October 11, 2007, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drop-shadow/241274 "2007-10-11T18:14:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![tpann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@tpann](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tpann)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/drop-shadow/241274/1 "2007-10-11T18:14:57Z")

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I would like someone’s help applying a drop shadow to a display object. I have several books and the Help to look at for direction but I am still unable to get it right. A nice simple block of code would be greatly appreciated.

Call the display object “thing.” It’s placed on the stage thus:

```auto

var thing:Loader = new Loader();
addChild(thing);
thing.load(new URLRequest(filename));

```

…where filename is “thing.swf”. Hopefully that’s enough information. Let me know if I need to give you more.

Thanks!