xahu34 Posted June 12, 2008 Report Share Posted June 12, 2008 Hello,Has anybody made a similar observation when using shadows for text objects?In the attached example (made with version 5.5) all texts have the same size, and all shadows have the same parameters: distance 50, size 1.Observation 1: The sharpness of the shadow depends on my computers (monitor: 1280x1024) on the length of the text, see slide 1 in my example.Observation 2: After rasterizing to PNG, this effect is still to be seen but the distance of the shadow has changed (but not the distance parameter), see slide 2. Observation 3: Shadow parameters - In the size field I can enter values smaller than 1 only using the slider. The input field does not accept the input "0.**" (automatically changed to "1.**")Best regards,XaverMunichShadowTest.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fh1805 Posted June 12, 2008 Report Share Posted June 12, 2008 Hi Xaver,I see the same effect as you when I Preview your project file on my desktop PC system (1280x1024 monitor). I have never used customized shadows before - only the default values, which give a much softer shadow effect. It will be interesting to follow this thread in order to find out what the explanations/resolutions are. Thanks for bringing it to everyone's attention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susiesdad Posted June 13, 2008 Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 Hello,Has anybody made a similar observation when using shadows for text objects?In the attached example (made with version 5.5) all texts have the same size, and all shadows have the same parameters: distance 50, size 1.Observation 1: The sharpness of the shadow depends on my computers (monitor: 1280x1024) on the length of the text, see slide 1 in my example.Observation 2: After rasterizing to PNG, this effect is still to be seen but the distance of the shadow has changed (but not the distance parameter), see slide 2. Observation 3: Shadow parameters - In the size field I can enter values smaller than 1 only using the slider. The input field does not accept the input "0.**" (automatically changed to "1.**")Best regards,XaverMunichShadowTest.zipI too notice that the shadow is blurred maybe that's intentional as it is a shadow and the rasterized slide distance is not as great on slide two.Re Observation 3:Theoretically the sharpness of a shadow cannot get sharper than 1, as you increase the size parameter the shadow spreads over a greater area and loses its sharpness and definition.As an aside why not try some of Dom's Shadow templates available fromhttp://www.thedom.fr/share/dload.php?actio...amp;file_id=212to see some of the effects that can be achieved.Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xahu34 Posted June 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 .... Theoretically the sharpness of a shadow cannot get sharper than 1, as you increase the size parameter the shadow spreads over a greater area and loses its sharpness and definition ....AlanSorry Alan, but the PTE developers allow for the value of shadow seize also numbers smaller than 1, e.g. 0 for really sharp shadows. The problem now is, that on a slide where all texts should have such a sharp shadow (e.g. seize value 0) the long text entries cannot achieve it, their shadows are blurred. I helped myself by splitting a longer entry into two shorter ones.Best regards,XaverMunich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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