Gerber OMEGA CP Reference Manual page 472

458 Chapter 41:
Adding Shadows
To cast a shadow in front of an object
1 Open the C:/Gsp/Library/Sampler/MANWOMAN.GCA file.
2 Select the rectangle between the man and woman and delete it.
3 Select both the man and woman shapes.
4 Click Tools > Shadow to open the Shadow dialog box.
5 Choose Cast.
6 To cast the shadow to the front enter a negative value in the Height field. This value
should be at least three-quarters of the shape height.
7 Enter 30 for Slant.
8 Click Continue. The following example shows the result.
9 Click View > Vinyl only to view the design as it will look in vinyl. The example shows
a gray background and black and white vinyl colors. Use the vinyl color palette to
change the colors, if desired.
Exercise 2: Creating a shadow with proper registration
All shadows inherit the current fill and vinyl colors (shown in the boxes at the bottom of the
Composer menu bar). It is best to change the current fill to the desired shadow color before you
create the shadow. To create a properly registered shadow requires several steps:
♦ Select a fill color for the object.
♦ Create the object.
♦ Select a fill color for the shadow (to change the current style color).
♦ Create the shadow.
To register a shadow
1 Open a new file in Composer.
2 Click the Fill tool to open the Assign Colors dialog box.