diff --git a/src/core/particles/ParticleContainer.js b/src/core/particles/ParticleContainer.js
index cc221f5..3611c9b 100644
--- a/src/core/particles/ParticleContainer.js
+++ b/src/core/particles/ParticleContainer.js
@@ -196,6 +196,12 @@
     var finalWidth = 0;
     var finalHeight = 0;
 
+    var compositeOperation = renderer.blendModes[this.blendMode];
+    if (compositeOperation !== context.globalCompositeOperation)
+    {
+        context.globalCompositeOperation = compositeOperation;
+    }
+
     context.globalAlpha = this.worldAlpha;
 
     this.displayObjectUpdateTransform();

diff --git a/src/core/particles/ParticleContainer.js b/src/core/particles/ParticleContainer.js
index cc221f5..3611c9b 100644
--- a/src/core/particles/ParticleContainer.js
+++ b/src/core/particles/ParticleContainer.js
@@ -196,6 +196,12 @@
     var finalWidth = 0;
     var finalHeight = 0;
 
+    var compositeOperation = renderer.blendModes[this.blendMode];
+    if (compositeOperation !== context.globalCompositeOperation)
+    {
+        context.globalCompositeOperation = compositeOperation;
+    }
+
     context.globalAlpha = this.worldAlpha;
 
     this.displayObjectUpdateTransform();
diff --git a/src/core/text/Text.js b/src/core/text/Text.js
index 425a22c..d48d0ae 100644
--- a/src/core/text/Text.js
+++ b/src/core/text/Text.js
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
  * @param [style.dropShadowColor='#000000'] {string} A fill style to be used on the dropshadow e.g 'red', '#00FF00'
  * @param [style.dropShadowAngle=Math.PI/4] {number} Set a angle of the drop shadow
  * @param [style.dropShadowDistance=5] {number} Set a distance of the drop shadow
+ * @param [style.dropShadowBlur=0] {number} Set a shadow blur radius
  * @param [style.padding=0] {number} Occasionally some fonts are cropped on top or bottom. Adding some padding will
  *      prevent this from happening by adding padding to the top and bottom of text height.
  * @param [style.textBaseline='alphabetic'] {string} The baseline of the text that is rendered.
@@ -156,6 +157,7 @@
      * @param [style.dropShadowColor='#000000'] {string|number} A fill style to be used on the dropshadow e.g 'red', '#00FF00'
      * @param [style.dropShadowAngle=Math.PI/6] {number} Set a angle of the drop shadow
      * @param [style.dropShadowDistance=5] {number} Set a distance of the drop shadow
+     * @param [style.dropShadowBlur=0] {number} Set a shadow blur radius
      * @param [style.padding=0] {number} Occasionally some fonts are cropped on top or bottom. Adding some padding will
      *      prevent this from happening by adding padding to the top and bottom of text height.
      * @param [style.textBaseline='alphabetic'] {string} The baseline of the text that is rendered.
@@ -196,8 +198,9 @@
 
             style.dropShadow = style.dropShadow || false;
             style.dropShadowColor = style.dropShadowColor || '#000000';
-            style.dropShadowAngle = style.dropShadowAngle || Math.PI / 6;
-            style.dropShadowDistance = style.dropShadowDistance || 5;
+            style.dropShadowAngle = style.dropShadowAngle !== undefined ? style.dropShadowAngle : Math.PI / 6;
+            style.dropShadowDistance = style.dropShadowDistance !== undefined ? style.dropShadowDistance : 5;
+            style.dropShadowBlur = style.dropShadowBlur !== undefined ? style.dropShadowBlur : 0; //shadowBlur is '0' by default according to HTML
 
             style.padding = style.padding || 0;
 
@@ -304,7 +307,12 @@
 
     if (style.dropShadow)
     {
-        this.context.fillStyle = style.dropShadowColor;
+        if (style.dropShadowBlur > 0) {
+            this.context.shadowColor = style.dropShadowColor;
+            this.context.shadowBlur = style.dropShadowBlur;
+        } else {
+            this.context.fillStyle = style.dropShadowColor;
+        }
 
         var xShadowOffset = Math.cos(style.dropShadowAngle) * style.dropShadowDistance;
         var yShadowOffset = Math.sin(style.dropShadowAngle) * style.dropShadowDistance;