Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 1080)

10 In the Paste Attributes dialog, select the Drop Shadow checkbox, then click OK.
Both selected clips now
display a drop shadow.
Finally, you want to darken the background layer, since it’s competing with the foreground
layers.
11 Open the background clip on track V1, then click its Motion tab. Click the Opacity disclosure
triangle, then set the opacity to 50 percent.
The background clip
now appears darker in
the Canvas.
Now you have your completed composite: three clips layered, cropped, scaled, and
rotated, with edges feathered.
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