Shadow is a plugin for After Effects that makes it super easy to add a perspective shadow in front of or behind a layer, based on its alpha channel, brightness, and more. With options for softness, bend, length, color and many other properties, the Shadow effect goes far beyond the various shadow tools available inside After Effects.
A missing shadow is a sure give away that your composited foreground object wasn’t in the original shot. Shadow gives you a fast way to help sell a professional composite.
Use Shadow to add depth to your motion graphics. Go for realism, or create stylized looks.
VFX Shadow has been designed to have lots of features to make adding shadows to your keyed footage simple and fast.
Adobe After Effects CC 2018 and later
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The minimum GPU required is an Intel HD 5000 integrated graphics chip. Of course, newer and faster discrete GPU components from AMD and Nvidia will yield faster performance.
- For Nvidia, we recommend 9xx series graphics cards or newer; mobile GPUs; or the professional series Quadro cards.
- For AMD, we recommend 200 series graphics cards or newer; mobile GPUs; or the professional series FireGL cards.
VRAM size requirements: For HD resolution output, we recommend that your GPU have at least 2 GB of memory. If you are planning on doing high-resolution project in 4K or more, we recommend a GPU with at least 4 GB of memory.
Any CPU from Intel or AMD is supported.
Get up to speed with the following resources.
Watch our getting started videos to get up to speed with VFX Shadow or browse our other tutorials.
This user guide has been designed to help you get comfortable with all of the tools and features of VFX Shadow.
Browse our FAQ section for VFX Shadow to find quick answers to the most common questions.
| COLLECTION INCLUDES | |
| VFX Supercomp | $240.00 |
| VFX Primatte Keyer | $120.00 |
| VFX King Pin Tracker | $120.00 |
| VFX Spot Clone Tracker | $60.00 |
| VFX Optical Glow | $60.00 |
| VFX Chromatic Displacement | $60.00 |
| VFX Knoll Light Factory | $120.00 |
| VFX Shadow | $60.00 |
| VFX Reflection | $60.00 |
| Total Purchased Separately | $1,491.00 |
| VFX Suite (The Complete Set Of 9 Tools) | $600.00 |
Choose the option that’s right for you.
Create complex perspective shadows in After Effects
| Services | Individuals / Students & Teachers |
Businesses / Schools & Universities |
|---|---|---|
| Floating licenses | x | ✓ |
| Easy deployment and management for IT | x | ✓ |
| Dedicated and advanced support | x | ✓ |
| 1:1 sessions with product experts | x | ✓ |
| Product and workflow training | x | ✓ |
| Dedicated account manager | x | ✓ |
| Purchase orders and consolidated billing | x | ✓ |
| Onboarding assistance | x | ✓ |
| Unlimited render only licenses | x | ✓ |
Red Giant Complete includes every tool from each of our suites. The annual subscription price is fully inclusive of all upgrades, support, maintenance, server software and render nodes. There are no hidden fees. Our volume program is available to customers ordering 5 or more licenses of Red Giant Complete (Volume).
| Services | Individuals / Students & Teachers |
Businesses / Schools & Universities |
|---|---|---|
| Floating licenses | x | ✓ |
| Easy deployment and management for IT | x | ✓ |
| Dedicated and advanced support | x | ✓ |
| 1:1 sessions with product experts | x | ✓ |
| Product and workflow training | x | ✓ |
| Dedicated account manager | x | ✓ |
| Purchase orders and consolidated billing | x | ✓ |
| Onboarding assistance | x | ✓ |
| Unlimited render only licenses | x | ✓ |
Red Giant Complete includes every tool from each of our suites. The annual subscription price is fully inclusive of all upgrades, support, maintenance, server software and render nodes. There are no hidden fees. Our volume program is available to customers ordering 5 or more licenses of Red Giant Complete (Volume).
Create complex perspective shadows in After Effects
Students and teachers are eligible for the 50% discount shown above. If you are a university or school looking to buy our software for labs or classrooms, please visit our Volume Program page to learn more about our flexible volume licensing deals.
