Friday, October 5, 2007

How to add a Drop Shadow

How to add a Drop Shadow

Step 1

First of all, you have to choose the Interactive Drop-Shadow tool, and select an object.

Step 2

After that select a preset and type the value in any of the following boxes:

  1. Shadow direction - specify the angle at which the shadow lies in relation

    to the object.

  2. Shadow offset - specify the distance of the shadow from the point of

    origin on the object.

  3. Shadow opacity - specify the transparency of the shadow.

  4. Shadow feather - specify the number of pixels on the edge of the shadow

    that are feathered to create a soft edge.

  5. Shadow fade - specify the percentage by which a perspective drop

    shadow fades as it moves away from the object.

  6. Shadow stretch value - specify the length of a perspective shadow.

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