Apple Keynote '08 - Manual (Page 76)

76 Chapter 4 Working with Sound, Movies, Graphics, and Other Objects
Adding Shadows
Shadows give your objects an appearance of depth. An object’s shadow appears on
any object behind it. You can create a variety of shadow effects, or remove the shadow
from an object.
To add a shadow to an object:
1 Select the object.
2 Click Inspector in the toolbar, and then click the Graphic Inspector button.
3 Select Shadow to add a shadow to the object. Deselect Shadow to make a shadow go
away.
4 Set the angle for the shadow using the Angle controls.
5 To set how far the shadow is from the object, use the Offset controls. A high shadow
offset value makes an object’s shadow appear longer and slightly separated from the
object.
6 To adjust the softness of the shadow’s edge, use the Blur controls. A high blur value
makes the object’s shadow appear more diffuse; a low value gives the shadow more
sharply defined edges.
7 To change the shadow’s transparency, use the Opacity controls. Don’t use the Opacity
slider at the bottom of the Graphic Inspector, which is for controlling the opacity of the
object itself.
8 To change the color for the shadow, click the Shadow color well and select a color.
Change the shadow
color in the color well.
Select the checkbox
to add a shadow to a
selected object.
Change the angle of
the shadow with the
Angle wheel.
Offset, Blur, and Opacity
values change the look
of the shadow.
This object has
the default shadow
properties.
This object’s
shadow is set to a
different angle.
This object’s shadow has
a high offset value.
This object’s shadow has
the lowest blur factor.
This object has a different
shadow color.
This object’s shadow has
a high blur factor.