Operation Manual

170 Lines, Shapes, and Effects
Using the Shadow Tool
Shadows are great for adding flair and dimension to your work, particularly to
pictures and text objects, but also to shapes, text frames and tables. To help
you create them quickly and easily, WebPlus provides the Shadow Tool on
the Tools toolbar's Effects flyout. The tool affords freeform control of the
shadow effect allowing creation of adjustable basic or skewed edge-based
shadows for any WebPlus object.
Basic (left) and skewed shadows
(right) applied to a square
QuickShape.
Adjustment of shadow colour, opacity, blur, and scaling/distance is possible
using controllable nodes directly on the page (or via a supporting Shadow
context toolbar). Nodes can be dragged inwards or outwards from the shadow
origin to modify the shadow's blur and opacity. For a different colour, select
the Colour node then pick a new colour from the Colour or Swatches tab.
Depending on if a basic or skewed shadow is required, the origin can exist in
the centre (shown) or at the edge of an object, respectively.