Feature request: Please add background knocks shadow color from object

[Branislav_Randa]

Hey there,

would it be possible to add checkbox to Figma shadow function, which would knock the shadow color from “inside” the object?

It’s impossible to have full intensity shadow and transparent object at the same time now

Thank You for considering this old idea of the community

With best

Bryan

[Johnson_Liang]

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