Media-Editing Application for Generating and Editing Shadows

A non-transitory machine readable medium storing a program that when executed by a processing unit provides a user interface (UI), the UI comprising:

• a set of editing tools for producing a composite presentation from first and second media clips;
• a preview display area for displaying a preview of the composite presentation;
• and
• a shadow generation tool for generating a shadow for the second media clip and displaying the shadow in the preview display area, said shadow composited with the first and second media clips to produce the composite presentation, said shadow projection tool comprising a set of on-image controls for display in the preview display area near the second media clip, the set of on-image controls for modifying a set of attributes of the shadow based on user input.

A non-transitory machine readable storing a program for execution by at least one processing unit, the program comprising sets of instructions for:

• receiving first and second media clips for compositing into a composite presentation;
• generating a shadow with a set of attributes from the second media clip;
• providing a display window for displaying a preview of the composite presentation, wherein the preview includes the first media clip, the second media clip, the generated shadow, and a set of on-image controls near the generated shadow;
• and
• when the set of on-image controls receives user input, modifying the set of attributes of the shadow and the appearance of the generated shadow in accordance with the received user input.