User Guide

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or transparency) for each of the “face” (surface), edge
and shadow of the object to which it applies, plus a
separate blurring parameter for each. A final parameter
is shadow direction, for which there are eight
possibilities.
To change the look of an existing object, simply click
on the look you want while the object is selected. New
objects are created with the most recently selected look.
The Custom tab lets you customise the supplied looks
or create your own by adjusting the parameters
described above. Three identical sets of controls adjust
the parameters for face, edge and shadow respectively.
Here are the face controls:
The three option buttons across the top select a solid
colour, a gradient, or no colour (transparency).
Clicking the colour swatch beside the first button
invokes a an otherwise standard Windows colour-
picker dialog to which an Opacity slider (0-100%) has
been added. The swatch beside the second button pops
up a gradient designer that lets you
define a gradient by assigning the
starting colours to each corner of a
square surface. Click the colour
swatches in the corners of the gradient
window to set the colour for that corner
in a colour-picker dialog.