AV News 194 - November 2013
· You know from the last
article that you can resize
and reposition this image
using the image's bounding
box handles.
So now you have a vertical
image superimposed over a
horizontal image. Is there
anything we can do to improve
the appearance?
Three quick things you might
like to try:
· Reduce the 'Opacity' of the underlying image
so that the top image is more
prominent.
To do this select the underlying image
(click on its name in the 'Objects
panel')
and
then
select
the
'Animations' tab in the panel above.
One of the options here is ‘Opacity'
which will be at 100. Use the pulldown
arrow alongside to show a slider which
you then slide to reduce the opacity.
· Add a thin border around the top image.
To do this select the top
image in the 'objects panel',
click on the 'Properties' tab
and then the 'Adjust images
and borders' button on that
Tab. In the dialogue box that
appears, check the 'Enable
borders' tick box and then
reduce the border width to
something sensible. You
can also change the border
colour here.
· Add a drop shadow.
Make sure the top image is selected, chose the 'Objects' tab and check
the 'Drop shadow' box. A default drop shadow will be applied to the
chosen image. You can click the 'Customize...' button to get a dialogue
box which allows you to change the appearance of the Shadow.
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