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About UIFX - Drop Shadow Filter

Overview​

What?​

UIFX-DropShadowFilter is a new visual effect for Unity's UI (uGUI) components that applies a drop shadow filter of the component.

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Why?​

Unity's UI system currently doesn't have an option to render UI elements with a high quality shadow.

Drop shadow is a very useful effect, especially for text.

How?​

Just add the UIFX-DropShadowFilter component to your UI component. That's it!

Features​

  • High quality shadow rendering
  • TextMeshPro supported
  • Easy to use
  • Highly optimised
  • Cross-platform
  • Built-in/URP/HDRP
  • Source code included
  • Well documented & supported
  • Useful for implementing Figma / Canva UI
  • Also works in editor (no need to enter play mode)
  • Maintains backwards compatibility to Unity 2019.4 (from Unity 6)
  • Supports the popular Text Animator asset for TextMeshPro.
  • Upgradable to the full UIFX Bundle asset.
  • The best customer support!

Technical Features​

  • Uses pre-multiplied alpha for accurate rendering
  • Supports disabled Domain Reload for fast workflow
Need a custom feature?

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Usage​

Some example use cases:

Customer Reviews​

April 2025    ★★★★★    Shadows That Pop! 
Okay so I was messing around with my game’s UI and OMG this drop shadow thing is SO cool! It’s like my buttons and text suddenly got all fancy and 3D-ish without me doing much. You just slap it on and boom – shadows everywhere, looking all professional like in those Canva designs :D I tried it with TextMeshPro and it worked perfectly, no glitches or anything. The best part? It even shows up in edit mode, so I don’t have to keep hitting play to see how it looks! Totally makes my game feel way more polished.  –  LoRaWAN 
August 2024    ★★★★★    Huge Timesaver 
I'm so happy that I no longer have to open Photoshop, and deal with the lengthy change workflow and the pixel shifts caused by shadows. The performance effect is good, but the option to bake into the texture, when I'm not going to use animation or use complex effects is very comforting.  –  caglarenes 
April 2024    ★★★★★    Great assets, incredible support! 
We started using this asset to help us create drop shadows similar to what our design team was creating in Photoshop. The plugin worked great but we ran into some issues and reached out to their support which was incredible. They quickly followed up and helped us diagnose, troubleshoot, and fix our issues with email and remote troubleshooting sessions. It is rare to find such amazing support, can't wait to use other plugins by this developer!  –  tapiki_games 

Upgradable to UIFX Bundle​

This asset can later be upgraded to the full UIFX Bundle asset at a reduced cost!

After purchasing this asset, the UIFX Bundle asset price will be discounted by the cost of this asset. So if you paid $30 for this asset, and the UIFX Bundle currently costs $100, then you will only be charaged $70 when you want upgrade.

This upgrade discount will be available as long as both assets are still available on the Unity Asset Store - so you don't have to rush to make a decision.

Note that this upgrade discount only applies for purchases made via the Unity Asset Store, and not during a sale event.