# kirupa.com - Creating a Simple Shadow Effect

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-com-creating-a-simple-shadow-effect/361316>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [November 25, 2014, 4:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-com-creating-a-simple-shadow-effect/361316 "2014-11-25T04:07:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 4:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-com-creating-a-simple-shadow-effect/361316/1 "2014-11-25T04:07:36Z")

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A easy yet oft-overlooked effect anybody can create is the shadow effect. Technically, you are simulating a shadow by copying an object, pasting the object in a lower layer, offsetting the object a few pixels, and changing the color the object to look like a shadow.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/shadow.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/shadow.htm)