# Making Drop Shadows Faster, Less Processor Heavy?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-drop-shadows-faster-less-processor-heavy/185954>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 18, 2006, 12:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-drop-shadows-faster-less-processor-heavy/185954 "2006-04-18T00:57:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![JBN](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/jbn/32/2239_2.png) [@JBN](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JBN)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 12:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-drop-shadows-faster-less-processor-heavy/185954/1 "2006-04-18T00:57:33Z")

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I am trying to add some drop shadows to my xml gallery at [http://www.jbnight.com](http://www.jbnight.com) However, they slow down the whole crossfade quite bad. Is there any little secret I don’t know to making the drop shadows quicker? I am adding them when the image loads using AS. Thanks!