# How to Run DropShadow.app

DropShadow requires that you first install the library ImageMagick via Homebrew. If you don't have Homebrew installed, you'll need that too. Neither step is at all difficult but it is a smidge nerdy as explained in the blog post about the creation of this app:

<a href="https://www.podfeet.com/blog/2016/09/dropshadow-app-made-with-automator-and-imagemagick/">DropShadow App Made With Automator and ImageMagick</a>

## Step 1 — Install Homebrew

Go to the Homebrew website [brew.sh](https://brew.sh) and copy the one line command and run it in your Terminal.  See? Easy peasy.



## Step 2 — Install ImageMagick

In Terminal, use Homebrew to install ImageMagick:

`brew install imagemagick`



## Step 3

There is no Step 3.