On 09/06/2016 09:29 AM, David Burleigh wrote: > On Tue, 6 Sep 2016 09:24:53 -0400 > Gregory Pittman <gpittman at iglou.com> wrote: > >> On 09/06/2016 08:46 AM, David Burleigh wrote: >> [...] >> >> If you are using 1.5.x versions, there is now a Drop Shadow tab in >> Properties, and the nice thing about it is that it gives a drop shadow >> to the content of the frame, so in other words, with text each >> character has its own drop shadow, and with an image, the image has >> the drop shadow, not the frame (in case the image doesn't fill the >> frame). There are quite a number of parameters you can adjust, like >> color, shade, opacity, etc. >> >> I used to do this in Gimp, then reload the content, but this is so >> much easier. I also made a script that created a shadow of sorts, but >> this was for the frame. >> >> Greg > > Yes, I've fiddled with those options, but can't seem to make the blur > effect happen.
Maybe we're not talking about the same thing. I can get more blur than I would ever want. This is under a separate tab in Properties, not the drop shadow text effect for text in the Text tab. Unlike Gimp, you don't have a choice of the mathematical kind of blur. I'm guessing it may be linear. This looks like something worth putting something into the online manual and wiki about. There has been a presumption that the Properties palette will change in a big way before 1.6 is released, but we have so many features in 1.5.x that are undocumented. Greg
