Apple Final Cut Express 4 - Manual (Page 740)

740 Part IX Effects and Color Correction
7 Drag the Top and Bottom sliders in the Crop attribute to the right until they are set to 5.
Now, you’ll add a drop shadow to these three layers.
8 With the Motion tab of the foreground clip still open in the Viewer, select the checkbox
next to Drop Shadow to enable the attribute, then click the Drop Shadow disclosure
triangle. Using the appropriate controls, set the offset to 10, the angle to 135, the
softness to 23, and the opacity to 65.
9 To apply these settings to the other two clips, select the clip on track V4 in the
Timeline, then choose Edit > Copy. Select the clips on tracks V2 and V3, then choose
Edit > Paste Attributes.
10 In the Paste Attributes dialog, select the Drop Shadow checkbox, then click OK.
Finally, you want to darken the background layer, since it’s competing with the
foreground layers.
Adjust the settings for
the Drop Shadow
attribute.
Both selected clips now
display a drop shadow.