Powtoon does not have a dedicated shadow effect for text. You can simulate one by duplicating your text box, changing its color, and positioning it behind the original. The result looks like a drop shadow when the two text boxes are aligned correctly.
Before you start
You need at least one text box already added to your Powtoon. The steps below work in Powtoon Studio on any slide.
How to create a text shadow effect
- Add your text to the slide and position the text box where you want it on the stage.
- Right-click the text box and select Copy from the menu.
- Right-click anywhere on the stage and select Paste. A duplicate text box appears on the stage.
- Drag the duplicate text box away from the original so you have room to work on it separately.
► This duplicate will become the shadow layer. - Select the duplicate text box and change its font color to a shade that contrasts with your original text — for example, gray or a darker version of your background color.
- Drag the recolored duplicate back so it sits slightly offset from the original text box — a small shift down and to the right creates a typical drop-shadow look.
- Right-click the duplicate (shadow) text box and select Send to back. The shadow layer moves behind the original text.
- Fine-tune the position of the shadow text box until the offset looks natural against the original text.
- On the timeline, select the tags for both text boxes and group them together so the original text and shadow text appear and animate as a single unit on the slide.
What the finished result looks like
When the shadow text box is sent to the back and offset slightly from the original, the two layers together create the appearance of a drop shadow. The shadow text box sits behind the original and is partially visible at the edges, giving the text depth.
Note: Both text boxes must contain identical text. If you edit the original text after completing these steps, update the shadow text box to match.
Video Tutorials
Video Tutorial
Show Video Transcript
Hey everyone, get ready to learn how to create the swipe effect. Use this
effect to demo a realistic user experience on a mobile device or tablet.
Here's how you do it. Start by adding an image of a device to the stage. Let's
search for a mobile phone and see what comes up. Sweet, I'll take this one. Let's
resize the phone so it's as big as possible on stage and let's change the
enter and exit effects to no effect. Now we need an image to show on our phone.
I love this one, but it's too big. No problem. I'll just grab the corners and
drag it inwards to resize it.
Effect, though. Okay, just like we did for the phone, we'll change the enter and
exit effects of this picture to no effect and we'll drag this tag that
belongs to the picture on top of this one here that belongs to the phone so
they appear on stage at the same time. The next element to add is the finger.
Just search the word hand.
Here we go. To create the swipe effect, we'll use A to B. It's super easy, you
guys. Select the finger, select settings and then A to B. Take the duplicated
finger and place it on the other side of the screen. One more double check of
the timeline, set our fingers entry and exit effects and remember the finger
always needs to appear on top of the phone. So let's select that finger again,
right click and select bring to front. Okay, what am I forgetting? Right, the next
picture that appears after this swipe. So let's add that picture now. Again,
we'll resize it a bit so it covers the first picture completely. As we did for
all other objects, we'll adjust the entry effects for this picture of baby
cheetahs. Now we want the second picture to come in right after the finger
swipe. So let's push it up a bit on the timeline and with that we're done.
Let's hit play scene and voila. Oh yeah, swipe right on this awesome effect, my
friends. Don't forget to make it awesome.
Video Tutorial
Show Video Transcript
Hey everyone, get ready to learn how to add a shadow effect to your text just like the text you see here.
Use this technique to add depth and visual strength to the words in your video.
Here's how you do it.
Add your text and position the text box on the stage.
Looks okay, but see how it's hard to read here?
That's where the shadow effect comes in.
Let's start by copying the text box.
Select the text box, right-click, and copy.
Right-click again and paste.
Drag the new text box beneath the original one so that it will be easier to work on.
This text will be the shadow, so we'll change the color to really make it pop.
Now position this shadow text beneath the original text, so it looks like a shadow.
Remember to send your shadow text to the back, so the original text sits on top.
It's easy. Right-click again and send to back.
Let's just make sure the positioning is right.
There we go.
Last step, but very important.
Group the two text boxes together on the timeline so that the two text boxes appear together.
Let's hit play scene and have a look.
There you have it.
Go forth and shadow good people and remember to make it awesome.
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