# Soft shadow

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/soft-shadow/9531>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [December 13, 2002, 1:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/soft-shadow/9531 "2002-12-13T13:37:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![postatomic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@postatomic](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/postatomic)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 1:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/soft-shadow/9531/1 "2002-12-13T13:37:41Z")

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Does anyone know a trick in how to create a soft shadow say round a box in flash, rather than a hard looking one??

any ideas!

cheers

postatomic

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 1:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/soft-shadow/9531/2 "2002-12-13T13:44:41Z")

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well the only way I knos is to make several shadows which alphas are 100/the number of the shadows  
and place them in top of each other but you move one shadow 1 pixel to the left, on to the right…etc!  
that’s the only way I know…

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 1:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/soft-shadow/9531/3 "2002-12-13T13:51:49Z")

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draw your shadow, select it and go to **modify -\> shape-\> soften fill edges** and choose the parameters.

=)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 1:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/soft-shadow/9531/4 "2002-12-13T13:59:34Z")

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thanks…can always rely on the forum!!