Table of Contents - Serif

190 Applying Special Effects
Gaussian Blur Zoom Blur Radial Blur Motion Blur
Color Fill Feather Outline
DrawPlus additionally provides the Shadow Tool for applying a shadow to an
object directly on your page. Control handles let you adjust shadow blur, opacity
and color. See Adding drop shadows on p. 187.
To apply 2D filter effects:
1. Click Filter Effects from the Drawing toolbar. The Filter Effects
dialog appears.
2. To apply a particular effect, check its box in the list at left.
3. To adjust the properties of a specific effect, select its name and vary the
dialog controls. Adjust the sliders or enter specific values to vary the
combined effect. (You can also select a slider and use the keyboard arrows.)
Options differ from one effect to another.
4. Click OK to apply the effect or Cancel to abandon changes.
Creating outlines
DrawPlus lets you create a colored outline around objects, especially text and
shapes (as a filter effect). For any outline, you can set the outline width, color
fill, transparency, and blend mode. The outline can also take a gradient fill, a
unique contour fill (fill runs from the inner to outer edge of the outline width),
or pattern fill and can also sit inside, outside, or be centered on the object edge.
As with all effects you can switch the outline effect on and off. You'll be able to
apply a combination of 2D or 3D filter effects along with your outline, by
checking other options in the Filter Effects dialog.