
Layers 509
• Move the Opacity slider .
• Type a percentage in the Opacity box, and press Return (Mac OS) or Enter
(Windows).
The example on the left shows the background layers at 100% opacity. The
example on the right shows them at 50% opacity.
Adding drop shadows to layers
You can add a drop shadow to a single layer or to a group to enhance the appearance of
an image. Drop shadows are also helpful for developing Image Hose nozzles.
When you add a drop shadow, Corel Painter creates a new layer for the shadow and
groups it with the original. This enables you to select and modify the drop shadow layer
independently from the original layer.
To add a drop shadow
1 Select a layer or group.
2 Choose Effects Objects Create Drop Shadow.
3 In the Drop Shadow dialog box, type values in the following boxes:
• X-Offset and Y-Offset — specifies the distance, in pixels, from the center of the
layer image to the shadow
• Opacity — specifies the degree to which the shadow covers underlying images.
Setting Opacity to 100% obscures underlying images; lower values create a
more transparent shadow.
• Radius — specifies the amount of blur at the edge of the shadow. The radius is
half the distance across the blurred region. If you set Radius to zero, you create a
sharp-edged shadow.
• Angle — specifies the direction of the blur.
• Thinness — specifies the amount of blur applied perpendicular to the Angle. If
a blur shows streaks, increase Thinness to soften it.
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