Shadow Studio 3 Preset Gallery
Get a head start creating the endless styles Shadow Studio is capable of with the following bundled .ffx presets and .aep files
See below for a video tutorial on getting started with these presets.

Grain
A gritty grain rig with reactive lighting. Uses inbuilt noise and fractal noise for texturing.

Illuminate
Additive shadow that casts light rays with a coloured gradient. Who'd have thought to use a shadow plugin to cast light?

Smoky Mist
Atmospheric shadow that gets darker farther from the source. A subtle fractal noise texture adds to the brooding mood.

Inner & Outer
Both inner and outer shadows cast by an orbiting point light. Features gradient extruded text and a light reactive bevel.

Minimal SSS
A minimal sub-surface scattering composition gives a sublte waxy appearance.

Extrude
Combines a simple extrusion with a soft shadow to give the result extra dimensionality.

Fractal Shimmer
Glittering preset that mattes the input to procedural noise and sparkles over time. Move over Deep Glow!

Spotlight
Multi-dimensional diffuse lighting from inner & outer radial shadows.

Pearl
Soft iridescent pearl composition featuring a pastel gradient palette.

Hypnotoad
Don’t stare at this one too long. Demonstrates tri-coloured gradient looping and combining inner and outer shadows.

Rigged Occlusion
Example ambient occlusion rig matted to a radial shadow pass. Demonstrates how AO can be combined with direct lighting.

Gradient
A waxy, light-emitting gradient extrusion. An auxiliary shadow grounds the extrusion in its surroundings.

Lo Fi Repeater
Repeating rig that maintains a constant user-defined gap between copies regardless of shadow length.

Backlit
A light-casting gradient reflected on a diffuse backdrop.

Sherbet Vomitron
A looping temporally offset rainbow gradient that gets exponentially softer as it lengthens.

GI Diffuse
Global Illumination mixed with a super soft radial shadow. An added bevel completes the faux 3D look.

Oil Slick
Oil Slick is a striking iridescent effect driven by a rainbow gradient and procedural fractal displacement.

Utility Bevel
A subtle & stylish bevel. Reacts to directional and point lights from any direction.

Cut Out
A clean cut-out style consisting of a soft inner shadow and tasteful bevel.

Style Drop
A trio of subtle shadows inside just one effect instance creates this modern result that will make your text stand out.

Simple Combo
Combines raytracing & standard modes to create a soft result that's more chromatic the further the shadow casts.

Guilloché
A guilloché composition playing with engraving styles and cross-hatching. Btw did you know guilloché is lé Frénch? 🥖🍷

Iris
Abstract disc shadows emitted from the source. Procedural radial noise texturing emulates an iris.

Long Source RGBA
Simple long shadow that uses the source layer as the colour. Artist credit: Jellygummies.

Ripple
Concentric rings pulsing from the origin utilising gradient color looping. Artist credit: Jellygummies.

Glossy Reflection
Gorgeous exponential falloff inheriting the layer source colours, reflecting against a diffuse backdrop.

Long Radial
Classic long shadow with an inverse radial origin.

Pressed Shadow
Soft inner radial shadow with an embossed bevel.

Isometric
Combines inner & outer shadows with isometric transforms.

Anchor Rig
0 - 100% slider defines the anchor point; giving the appearance the layer is anchored to the shadow itself.

Fake 3D
Faux 3D style featuring shaded extrusion, bevels and highlights combined into a single layer for maximum convenience.

Fire
Firey preset utilising fractal noise, turbulence, displacement and an exponential glow.

Long Shadow
Classic hi-fidelity long shadow. No frills, just crisp parallel lines.

Spooky
Haunted flames silhouetting the source text in this preset that's perfect for halloween.

Vanishing Point
Radial, inverse long shadow. Great for drawing the viewers eye to a point of interest.

90's VHS
Retro colour palette with added flavour from justGoscha's VHS IT script.

Ambient Occlusion
Wraps your layer in the cold embrace of ambient occlusion; great for combining with other styles.
Preset Installation & Overview
This video covers the process of preset installation, different preset formats, general use and troubleshooting.
Chunk Motion’s Inner Lighting Presets are back!
Revamped specially for Shadow Studio 3