Apple Keynote 2 - Manual (Page 72)

72 Chapter 4 Changing Object Properties
3 Set the angle for the shadow using the Angle wheel.
4 Adjust the shadow offset by typing a number in the Offset field (or click the arrows to
increase or decrease the number).
A high shadow offset value makes an object’s shadow appear longer and slightly
separated from the object.
5 Set the shadow blur by typing a number in the Blur field (or click the arrows).
A high blur value makes the object’s shadow appear more diffuse; a low value gives
the shadow more sharply defined edges.
6 Set the shadow opacity by typing a number in the Opacity field. (Shadow opacity is
separate from object opacity, which is set using the Opacity slider at the bottom of
the Graphic Inspector.)
7 To change the color for the shadow, click the color well and select a color.
Adjusting Opacity
You can create interesting effects by making objects more opaque or less opaque.
When you put a low-opacity object on top of another object, for example, the bottom
object shows through the top object. Depending on how high or low you set the
opacity, the objects beneath can be highly visible, partly obscured, or completely
blocked from view (at 100-percent opacity). You can change opacity settings for any
visual object on the slide canvas, including drawn shapes, pictures and other image
files, and movies. Set object opacity using the Graphic Inspector.
To change an object’s opacity:
1 Select the object.
2 In the Graphic Inspector, drag the Opacity slider.
Note: For drawn shapes, you can set fill-color opacity separately from object opacity. If
you move the Opacity slider in the Colors window to modify a fill color, the opacity
value becomes equivalent to 100-percent object opacity. Then, when you change the
object opacity in the Graphic Inspector, you are changing it relative to the opacity you
set in the Colors window.