Talk:Drop shadow

File:Drop shadow.png

Drop shadow without blurring.

Drop shadow with blurred edges.

Images

I have made two images to show what a drop shadow is. Currently, the second one is in the article. The first one may be needed to show a drop shadow without blurring. - Liberatore(T) 14:56, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Typographical dropshadow?

Shouldn't this article cover more than just graphical dropshadow? What about typographical ones? perko 17:31, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Yes. Do you happen to have some knowledge of those? - Liberatore(T) 12:54, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Lecture

Hello, I organized a lecture series in Berlin which covers this subject. It is still running and we are currently working on the videos. It is partly in English. Maybe the Drop Shadow Talks are a fitting link? --JPOsterhoff (talk) 07:01, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

Photoshop

I have the impression the Drop Shadow is a very relevant entry to Wikiepdia. Though it is closely connected with Photoshop's layer feature. For the article it would be important to know with which version the simply applied drop sahdow blend was introduced. --JPOsterhoff (talk) 07:01, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

Windows definition

For some obscure reason the MS Windows option "Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop" (as found in: Start | Control Panel | Performance and Maintenance | System | Advanced tab | Performance section | Settings) changes the desktop icon font background to be the screen background image. I was wondering because that is absolutely not what I expected from something about drop shadows. Peterthewall (talk) 09:02, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

Ridiculous claim of invention by Benn

The article seems to have been edited in a self-serving way by a person who believes he invented the drop shadow in 1998. This is just nuts, frankly. The drop shadow has been an element in design, especially book and magazine cover design, for a lot longer than that. Take a look at this article on book cover design in the 1980s. There are many uses of drop shadows there. I suggest the article is edited to remove Benn's nonsense claim of priority.

31.51.155.79 (talk) 13:24, 30 May 2014 (UTC) Is there any images that we need to use to update this or update in any way? Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?Clmoody1 (talk) 17:28, 28 August 2019 (UTC)

Problem with the External Links

The link to the definitio of "drop shadow" at About.com has two problems:

1. It's not about.com any more (this is probably minor).
2. The link actually goes to lifewire.com, to an article about "cast shadows", not to a definition of "drop shadow": https://www.lifewire.com/build-a-better-cast-shadow-1077508 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wf49670 (talk • contribs) 17:03, 2 November 2019 (UTC)