Shadows and transparency

OpenOffice.org 2.x Draw Guide

Chapter 4: Changing Object Attributes

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• Toolbars and menus
• Editing lines and borders
• Editing the inside (fill) of an object
• Advanced area fill options
• Shadows and transparency
• Using styles
• Special effects
• Distorting an image
• Dynamic gradients

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Customizing shadows

First select the object you want to apply a custom shadow to. Open the Area dialog and go to the Shadow tab. Here you can customize the shadow’s position, distance and color.

Figure 28: Customizing shadows.

Shadows can also have transparency, so that the shadow will not hide objects behind it.

Figure 29: Shadow with 50% transparency.

Adding transparency

You can make objects partly or fully transparent, or even a with a varying degree of transparency (as a gradient). On the Transparency tab, choose Transparency (for a uniform transparency) or Gradient for a gradient transparency.

An example of gradient transparency is shown below. See also Dynamic gradients.

Figure 30: Example of gradient transparency.