When you have an image with a white background, you can make the background transparent so that the shadow is around the main subject of the image instead of around the outside edge of the image. You would need to select one of the presets with the right shadow type from the drop-down menu before you could match up the object’s shadow effect. If you have an object that has an inner shadow and another shape that has an outer shadow, you can’t adjust the various settings (e.g., blur, angle, distance, etc.) to match them up because their fundamental shadow types are different. Unfortunately, Microsoft did not include the ability to easily toggle between shadow types (outer, inner, or perspective) in the format options. In order to match up shadow effects using the format options, you have to be within the same shadow type. Emphasis: Adding a shadow to your images can help them to stand out more on your slides, especially when your images are white or light-colored on a white background.By adding a shadow to the top image, your audience can more easily distinguish between the top and bottom images. Stacked images: When you stack one image on top of another, the top image can sometimes disappear into the lower image so that you can’t tell one image from another.Now Microsoft gives you some Photoshop-like shadow effects in PowerPoint 2007.īefore I get into how to use PowerPoint 2007’s shadow effects, I’d like to provide a couple of use cases where shadows can be useful: You would need Photoshop and the necessary graphic editing skills to create professional-looking shadows for anything else. Previously in PowerPoint 2003, you were only able to add shadows to text - that’s it.

One of my favorite new features of PowerPoint 2007 is the ability to add shadows to images, objects, and text. Shadow effects can help images to leap from your slides.

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