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Shadow: Specification |
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These parameters control the primary color and appearance of shadows. The check box near the top determines whether or not a graphic has a shadow. Shadow may be applied to graphics, text, contoured text and graphics with associated text. For more some compositing effects such as highlighting the Image option is required, note the check box lower right. Without imaging the shadow will be a crisp copy of the parent graphic, it can still be shaped, distorted and softened.
Shadows can be expensive with respect to CPU time. EazyDraw uses advanced caching and anticipatory algorithms to minimize CPU load. Normally you will not notice performance degradation. But if shadows are combined with other CPU intensive effects such as contoured text (ie a advanced shadow applied to contoured text)) you may notice increased redraw times. In these cases you may want to prepare the shadow with the desired effects then turn it off with the top check box while working on other portions of the drawing. All the shadow settings are held with the parent graphic even though the shadow is not being drawn. Turn the shadow back on for final production or use the drawing. If the file is saved with the shaodow off, the information concerning the shawdow is not retained. |