Shadow?
Shadow?
Gary W. Priester
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ArtyBoots
What I have just tried is a Bitmap Copy of an irregular image, used as a Fill for a Box.
When I apply the Shadow, it show around the irregular image but in Preview the Box is also shadowed.
I have tried it with the original clipped, image, a Bitmap Copy and a Bitmap Fill.
i have set each to force a PNG output.
All FAIL - you have found a Bug.
I tried in XDPXv15 and all three work as expected.
Moving the Thread to the Dear Xara forum.
Wonky Shadows.xar
Acorn
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Thanks so much everyone. This was my first time of using the new upgraded XDP+ offline. What was weird… and pl remember I do this hundreds of times a month… is that when I went to the bitmap gallery, the images were there but none had the ability to be used as a fill. All options were grayed out. The only way to fill any object (vector or bitmap) with a bitmap was either by right clicking on the bitmap and selecting Fill there, or by going to the Fill tool on the main toolbar and selecting Bitmap as a fill from there.
For completeness… I was trying to fill an irregular image with a rectangular bitmap, not vice versa.
Artyboots, thank you for the clarification - same issue!.
The Xara method I usually adopt is to clone the irregular shape and remove the image, put to back, feather and colour and adjust its position.
Overall, I prefer adding my shadows via CSS coding, cleaner all round.
Usually when you have lost a previously working option, the update has not applied a library properly. Try running once as Administrator.
Acorn
Acorn - installed Xara software: Cloud+/Pro+ and most others back through time (to CC's Artworks). Contact for technical remediation/consultancy for your web designs.
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Is this a Cloud issue? I have no problems with this on the desktop app.
Gary W. Priester
Mr. Moderator Emeritus Dude, Sir
gwpriester.com | eyetricks-3d-stereograms.com | eyeTricks on Facebook | eyeTricks on YouTube | eyeTricks on Instagram
Acorn - installed Xara software: Cloud+/Pro+ and most others back through time (to CC's Artworks). Contact for technical remediation/consultancy for your web designs.
When we provide assistance, your responses are valuable as they benefit the community. TG Nuggets you might like. Report faults: Xara Cloud+/Pro+/Magix Legacy; Xara KB & Chat
OK. I can create and print an irregular shape with a bitmap fill and a drop shadow without issue. But if I preview as a web page, I can see the shape of the bitmap image included in the shadow.
In my image the second shape has been converted to editable shapes and then un-grouped. But the first example is as described.
And my screen capture brings up a second point.
I made a screen capture in Xara, pasted into Xara, made the screen capture 96dpi then reduced to 57% which on my 4K monitor is the same size as the original. But the resolution is terrible.
If I paste my screen capture into Affinity Photo it retains the original detail (left) vs Pro+ (right)
Gary W. Priester
Mr. Moderator Emeritus Dude, Sir
gwpriester.com | eyetricks-3d-stereograms.com | eyeTricks on Facebook | eyeTricks on YouTube | eyeTricks on Instagram
Desktop following the upgrade. I don’t work in the cloud.
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