ORIS PDF Tuner Version 4.4.8 User Manual - image2output - Support

Tips and Tricks
Adding Shadows to Cut-outs
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Adding Shadows to Cut-outs
ORIS PDF Tuner allows you to create realistic
shadows. Basically, this involves the
following steps:
First, duplicate the layer, skew and resize
the duplicate and insert black color into it,
thus creating a drop shadow. Next, set the
shadow to transparent and soft-edge it.
Finally, shift the shadow layer down by one
level so that it no longer covers the cut-out.
See below for detailed instructions.
How to Create a Shadow for a Cut-out
1. Activate the cut-out (see page 16-1).
2. Select DUPLICATE in the MENU window.
A duplicate of the cut-out is now located on top of the original layer.
The duplicate will become the transparent and soft-edged shadow.
3. Define the pivot point.
Click on the TRANSFORMATIONS toolbar and
then on the pivot point. In our example, this
point is marked by a cross-hair cursor.
4. Rotate and distort the duplicated cut-out.
To do so, click into the box labeled . Then
hold CTRL and the mouse button (Mac OS) or
the right mouse button (Windows) pressed
down and move the mouse downward.
5. Reduce the layer’s height.
First, click (it changes to ) to define that
proportions won’t be maintained during scaling.
Then click into the box labeled Y*.
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