Hi Rudolf
Please use:
// Add an outer glow effect to the current layer
ImageEnView1.CurrentLayer.SoftShadow.Enabled := True;
ImageEnView1.CurrentLayer.SoftShadow.OffsetX := 0;
ImageEnView1.CurrentLayer.SoftShadow.OffsetY := 0;
ImageEnView1.CurrentLayer.SoftShadow.ShadowColor := TColor2TRGB( clRed );
ImageEnView1.CurrentLayer.SoftShadow.Radius := 5;
ImageEnView1.Update();

Nigel
Xequte Software
www.imageen.com