Apple Final Cut Express HD - Manual (Page 706)

706 Part IX Effects
7 Drag the Top and Bottom sliders in the Crop parameter to the right until they are set to 5.
Now, you’ll add a drop shadow to these three layers.
8 With the Motion tab of the foreground clip still open in the Viewer, click the checkbox
next to Drop Shadow to enable it, then click the Drop Shadow’s disclosure triangle.
Using the appropriate controls, set the offset to 10, angle to 135, softness to 23, and
opacity to 65.
9 To apply these settings to the other two clips, select the clip on track V4 in the
Timeline, then choose Edit > Copy. Select the clips on tracks V2 and V3, then choose
Edit > Paste Attributes.
10 In the Paste Attributes dialog, click the Drop Shadow checkbox, then click OK.
Finally, you want to darken the background layer, since it’s competing with the
foreground layers.
Adjust the settings in the
Drop Shadow parameter.
Both selected clips now
display a drop shadow.