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24 Getting Started

This is an example of a rounded rectangle with
grad color, grad transparency and feathered
edges with some text placed on top of it.

This has a graduated color fill, light to dark green
going left to right. It also has a vertical graduated
transparency fading from top to bottom. The
feather gives it a soft edge. It takes a couple of
seconds to create such an image, and it's
automatically converted to the right graphic when
you save your design.

Shadow Tool
A very popular graphics effect is to create a soft drop-shadow under a graphic or some
text. This serves to lift the object away from the background.

The SHADOW TOOL lets you add a soft shadow to any object, text, graphics or
photo. Select the SHADOW TOOL and just drag on the object. You can adjust the
shadow blur and transparency using InfoBar controls.

Some text with a soft shadow.

To adjust the position of an existing shadow, go into the SHADOW TOOL and drag on the
shadow.

Example Graphics

This button combines many of the features described above - it's drawn by combining
just a few feathered shapes, and using graduated transparency (the white reflection
effect). The text has a slight soft shadow and the button has a glow shadow. The whole
thing is grouped. (You do not need to draw this button as it's provided in the Button
category of the ONLINE CONTENT CATALOG).