[artworks] Shadows
- From: Richard Ashbery <riscos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: ArtWorks Mail list <artworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:44:19 +0100
Hi Martin
I often embellish my graphics with a drop shadow. A simple shadow say
for a rectangle can be done in one of two ways.........
Clone a rectangle with a dark grey fill a number of times after setting
high transparency (say 95%). Each new clone is moved a slight amount in
the direction I want the shadow to appear. This works quite well as the
overlayed transparencies blend reasonably well into the background.
Another method uses a series of blends starting from the background
colour to grey - this generally works well but I have a problem when
it comes to "joining" shadows together. This is particularly difficult
with two or three shapes containing holes in the middle - the shadows
cast will obviously be in two to three sections. They must all be
joined to form a homogenous shadow. If this makes no sense (which is
quite likely) come back to me and I will place something on my
website.
In view of these difficulties would it be worth considering a shadow
tool for the next release perhaps based on another very similar
package. A shadow which blends smoothly and effortlessly into the
background would be rather nice.
Best regards
Richard
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