---
title: "SHADOW"
manual: "TypoScript Explained"
version: "13.4"
permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3tsref:gifbuilder-shadow@13.4"
source: "Gifbuilder/ObjectNames/Shadow/Index.rst"
rendered: "2026-09-28T13:42:24+00:00"
---

# SHADOW {#gifbuilder-shadow}

Creates a shadow under the associated text.

## Properties {#gifbuilder-shadow-properties}

-   [blur](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3tsref:blur@13.4)
-   [color](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3tsref:color@13.4)
-   [intensity](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3tsref:intensity@13.4)
-   [offset](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3tsref:offset@13.4)
-   [opacity](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3tsref:opacity@13.4)
-   [textObjNum](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3tsref:textobjnum@13.4)

### blur {#gifbuilder-shadow-blur}

-   **blur**

    -   *Type:* integer (1-99) / [stdWrap](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3tsref:stdwrap@13.4)

    Blurring of the shadow. Above 40 only values of 40,50,60,70,80,90
    are relevant.

### color {#gifbuilder-shadow-color}

-   **color**

    -   *Type:* [Colors in TypoScript GIFBUILDER](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3tsref:data-type-graphiccolor@13.4) / [stdWrap](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3tsref:stdwrap@13.4)

    The color of the shadow.

### intensity {#gifbuilder-shadow-intensity}

-   **intensity**

    -   *Type:* integer (1-100) / [stdWrap](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3tsref:stdwrap@13.4)

    How "massive" the shadow is. This value can - if it has a high value
    combined with a blurred shadow - create a kind of soft-edged outline.

### offset {#gifbuilder-shadow-offset}

-   **offset**

    -   *Type:* x,y / [stdWrap](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3tsref:stdwrap@13.4)

    The offset of the shadow.

### opacity {#gifbuilder-shadow-opacity}

-   **opacity**

    -   *Type:* integer (1-100) / [stdWrap](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3tsref:stdwrap@13.4)

    The degree to which the shadow conceals the background. Mathematically
    speaking: Opacity = Transparency^-1. E.g. 100% opacity = 0%
    transparency.

    Only active with a value for [blur](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3tsref:gifbuilder-shadow-blur@13.4).

### textObjNum {#gifbuilder-shadow-textobjnum}

-   **textObjNum**

    -   *Type:* positive integer / [stdWrap](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3tsref:stdwrap@13.4)

    Must point to the [TEXT](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3tsref:gifbuilder-text@13.4) object, if these shadow
    properties are not properties to a TEXT object directly ("stand-alone
    shadow"). Then the shadow needs to know which TEXT object it should be a
    shadow of!

    If - on the other hand - the shadow is a property to a
    [TEXT](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3tsref:gifbuilder-text@13.4) object, this property is not needed.