Re: Shadow and Feathering Weirdness. Stretching horizontal and vertical is different.
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handrawn
there is a possible alternative - instead of using the shadow tool create a shadow yourself and manipulate it in step with your main object
I suggested that but it still acts in the same fashion.
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handrawn
I find the shadow tool limited in what it can do anyway.. but it depends what you want / are doing
Regardless of the end result, I totally agree.
Acorn
Re: Shadow and Feathering Weirdness. Stretching horizontal and vertical is different.
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Originally Posted by
Acorn
I suggested that but it still acts in the same fashion.
sorry I must have missed that
but what I was suggesting was to manipulate the shadow in step but separately rather than linked, so that it would not act in the same fasion because it would be adjusted independantly - more work but more flexible, and how it was done before we had a shadow tool [not that I would remember ;))]
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Re: Shadow and Feathering Weirdness. Stretching horizontal and vertical is different.
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Originally Posted by
handrawn
sorry I must have missed that
but what I was suggesting was to manipulate the shadow in step but separately rather than linked, so that it would not act in the same fasion because it would be adjusted independantly - more work but more flexible, and how it was done before we had a shadow tool [not that I would remember ;))]
I am still with you.
Here is what is niggling for Xara Shadow or Displaced Boxes.
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Growing horizontally by 200% changes the direction of infinity.
Acorn
Re: Shadow and Feathering Weirdness. Stretching horizontal and vertical is different.
indeed.. but I don't think the shadow tool is indended for illustration/artisitic work, it is more a shortcut for creating emphasis on graphics in a similar way to putting an outline on a box
Re: Shadow and Feathering Weirdness. Stretching horizontal and vertical is different.
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Originally Posted by
handrawn
indeed.. but I don't think the shadow tool is indended for illustration/artisitic work, it is more a shortcut for creating emphasis on graphics in a similar way to putting an outline on a box
My workaround it to keep a Shadow Group copy of a Line off page and use Ctrl+C > Ctrl+Shift+A as sadly the Shape Fill attribute copies over as well as the Shadow ones.
With a Line, it is quicker to remove or change the Line Width.
It is possible to do this with a Line of None Line Width but both it and the Shadow become invisible bit they are still functional, if you can find them.
Acorn