Adobe InDesign CS5 - Manual (Page 453)

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Transparency effects
Last updated 11/16/2011
Click the Drop Shadow button on the Control panel to quickly apply a drop shadow to or remove a drop shadow
from an object, a stroke, a fill, or text.
To select a color for a drop shadow, click the Set Shadow Color button (next to the Blending Mode menu) and choose
a color.
For a video tutorial on creating drop shadows, see www.adobe.com/go/vid0085 .
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Inner Shadow
The Inner Shadow effect places the shadow inside the object, giving the impression that the object is recessed. You can
offset the inner shadow along different axes and vary the blending mode, opacity, distance, angle, size, noise, and choke
of the shadow.
Outer Glow
The Outer Glow effect makes the glow emanate from under the object. You can set the blending mode, opacity,
technique, noise, size, and spread.
Inner Glow
The Inner Glow effect causes an object to glow from the inside out. Choose the blending mode, opacity, technique,
size, noise and choke settings, as well as the Source setting:
Source Specifies the source for the glow. Choose Center to apply a glow that emanates from the center; choose Edge
to apply a glow that emanates from the object’s boundaries.
Bevel and Emboss
Use the Bevel and Emboss effect to give objects a realistic, three-dimensional look. The Structure settings determine
the object’s size and shape:
Style Specifies the bevel style: Outer Bevel creates the bevel on the outside edges of the object; Inner Bevel creates the
bevel on the inside edges; Emboss simulates the effect of embossing the object against underlying objects; Pillow
Emboss simulates the effect of stamping the edges of the object into underlying objects.
Size Determines the size of the bevel or emboss effect.
Technique Determines how the edge of the bevel or emboss effect interacts with background colors: Smooth blurs the
edges slightly (and doesn’t preserve detailed features at larger sizes); Chisel Soft blurs the edges, but not as much as the
Smooth technique (it preserves detailed features better than the Smooth technique but not as well as the Chisel Hard
technique); Chisel Hard provides a harder, more conspicuous edge (it preserves detailed features better than the
Smooth or Chisel Soft techniques).
Soften In addition to the Technique setting, blurs the effect to reduce unwanted artifacts and rough edges.
Direction Choose Up or Down to make the effect appear pushed up or down.
Depth Specifies the depth of the bevel or emboss effect.
The Shading settings determine how light interacts with the object:
Angle and Altitude Sets the height of the light source. A setting of 0 is equivalent to ground level; 90 is directly above
the object.