Vegas Movie Studio 2D shadow?

I just upgraded from Screenblast to Vegas Movie Studio Platinum, and are
very happy with the new software. In the PDF manual it shows how to create
a 2D drop shadow for Picture-In-Picture. Some of the features in the manual
are restricted to the "full" version of Vegas, but I don't see that for this
feature .. yet it isn't where they say it would be and I can't find the "2D
shadow" control anywhere I've looked.

Is this a missprint in the manual, or am I not looking in the right place?

Mike Kujbida...

What's really confusing is that the manual for Vegas Movie Studio 6 is also
the Vegas 6 manual.
IMO, this is really sloppy marketing on Sony's part :-(

Anyway, apparently Movie Studio has an option called "2D Glow".
I did a quick search on "2D Shadow" on the Sony Vegas Movie Studio forum and
came across a thread titled "White frame on PIP object" at

Richard Amirault...

Finally found it. I *was* looking in the wrong place ;-)

Did a search on "shadow" in HELP and found one match .. and it was *exactly*
what I was looking for. Guess I was clicking on the wrong icon previously.
The effect works just like it should .. putting a drop shadow on the small
"picture-in-picture" image so that it appears to 'stand out' from the main

Mike Kujbida...

Glad to hear that Richard. And if you ever decide to upgrade to the full
Vegas, it's options will have your head spinning :-)

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