You can drag the Offset bars left and right to alter the shadow positions. Drag the bars on the right to further customize the colors. Drag the square on the palette to choose a color for the drop shadow. Next, click Effects > Object and Drop Shadow to open the window in the snapshot below.įirst, select a color for the shadow from the palette. Then click Tools > Text and add some text to image. Then you’ll find a Drop Shadow option on the Objects submenu as shown below.īefore you select that option, open an image to add text to and click Layers > Add New Layer. Extract the ZIP to the Paint.NET Effects folder. Then right-click the ZIP and select Extract All to unzip file. To save the plug-in’s ZIP, open the Paint.NET Effects page and press the Download now button. However, you can still add drop shadow effects to text with the Paint.NET Effects plug-in. The freeware Paint.NET doesn’t include any drop shadow options.
Drop shadow is an effect that adds shadows to text.
