[magick-users] Frustrated with -page

[Nathanial Ziarek]

My goal is to add a white border and a drop shadow to an image. I  
can't tell you how frustrating it is not to be able to accomplish  
this, but I just don't understand how IM uses "-page" no matter how  
many samples I look at on Anthony's web site.

Here's what I've got so far (ripped pretty much directly from Anthony):

convert -page +10+10 pic3.png -bordercolor white -border 10 \( +clone  
-background black -shadow 80x5+0+2 \) -background white +swap - 
flatten tater.png

I want the drop shadow to go straight down - I don't want it off to  
the left or right. This command gives me something tantalizingly  
close, but pushes the right/lower end of the image right off the  
image. If I do a "normal" drop shadow (one that looks like the light  
source is at the upper-left  and the shadow is at the lower right) it  
works no problem. However, I can not find any way to "pad" the image  
to get the entire shadow showing.

Seems simple. Why does it have to be so complex?

Thanks for any suggestions,

Nate