Skip to main content
Mike Dziennik
Community Expert
Community Expert
December 13, 2017
Answered

Transform shutter angle + drop shadow bug?

  • December 13, 2017
  • 1 reply
  • 2253 views

If I apply a drop shadow with a large softness and combine it with a transform effect: unchecking the "Use Composition's Shutter Angle", then the clip changes it's vertical position in the frame. Surely it should stay at the same height?

    This topic has been closed for replies.
    Correct answer Ann Bens

    Great, glad it's not just me.

    In a simple setup this, yes, I can workaround and just change effect order. Often though I have quite complex effect stacks and with carefully aligned positions etc. whereby I cannot change the effect order so easily. When I decide to uncheck the shutter-angle box in order to get motion blur it screws up my effect. In that case I usually have to rebuild the effect using some convoluted nesting stack.

    Adobe, can you reproduce and escalate?


    You will have to file a bugreport on this.

    Feature Request/Bug Report Form

    1 reply

    Ann Bens
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    December 13, 2017

    I cannot reproduce your issue

    Might want to thrah preferences.

    Mike Dziennik
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    December 13, 2017

    Tried trashing prefs, makes no difference.

    Did you definitely have softness set to a high amount and drop shadow before the transform?

    Here again from scratch without animation. Simply toggling the shutter angle checkbox changes the position.

    Ann Bens
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    December 13, 2017

    No I did not have softness set to full: now I can reproduce.

    But it is not uncommon to change the order off effects to avoid issues.