User Guide

74 Creating a Project

Changing the Drop Shadow Effect

By default, DVDit! adds a drop-shadow effect to every object you add to a menu.

You can change this effect for individual items or for the whole menu.

To change the drop shadow effect

If you want to change the shadow effect for certain buttons or text objects only,

select the object(s).

2 Choose Effects > Drop Shadow to open the Drop Shadow window.

3 Choose what you want to change from the Apply To drop-down list:

•

Items in current menu — to change the shadow for all objects in the menu

• Selected menu items — to change only the objects you selected in step 1

4 Change the drop shadow properties (the main window shows the effect):

Drag this slider to change the

distance between the object

and its shadow

Drag this icon around the

black button to change the

light source angle

Click OK

Drag this slider to change the

shadow from sharp to fuzzy

Drag this slider to make the

shadow more or less

transparent

Drag these sliders to change

the shadow’s color and

brightness

Select Save Settings to keep

these settings for the next

time you open the Drop

Shadow window