Operation Manual

Lines, Shapes, and Effects 309
Using the Shadow Tool
Shadows are great for adding flair and dimension to your work, particularly to
pictures, text objects, and shapes. 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 color, 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 color, select the Color
node then pick a new color from the Color or Swatches tab. Depending on if a
basic or skewed shadow is required, the origin can exist in the center (shown
below) or at the edge of an object, respectively.
(A) Blur, (B) Shadow origin, (C) Opacity, (D) Color, (E) Scaling
Once you've created a shadow, you can also fine-tune it as needed using the
Filter Effects dialog.