@Eric,
I did try it with an image that is 1140x400px. The slide was still off center and the shadow showed like the image I posted earlier, as well. Yes, I went to the slider settings and entered the measurements of the image. No success.
I would like to know how the demo got to look so good. Maybe I can get the demo content and reverse engineer it. I can’t seem to make the optimal theme look any way near the demo.
Thanks, anyway.