## Adding effects to graphics

Freeway allows you to add a range of effects to graphics including: drop shadow, outer glow, background color, foreground color (), and border.

In conjunction with the transformations these effects enable you to create complex graphic composites entirely within Freeway, without needing to use another paint program, and with the flexibility of being able to alter your artwork at any stage.

- Select the graphic item.
- Click the paintbrush icon at the top of the Inspector palette to display the item appearance settings:

The individual settings are described in the following sections.

### To apply a crack or wobble effect to the graphic

- In the Shape Effect section choose Crack or Wobble from the Effect pop-up menu:

The Crack effect provides controls to allow you to adjust the period, randomness, gap, and depth of the cracks.

The Wobble effect provides controls to allow you to adjust the period, randomness, deviation, and smoothness of the wobble:

### To add a drop shadow

- In the Shadow section select the Shadow checkbox:

- Choose the color for the drop shadow from the Color pop-up menu, and its opacity with the Opacity slider.
- Leave Global checked if you want this drop shadow to use the global angle for the page. Changing the Angle then affects all global lighting effects. Alternatively uncheck Global to specify the angle for this drop shadow independently.
- Specify the angle of illumination by dragging the pointer on the Angle control.
- Use the Offset slider to specify the offset of the drop shadow, and the Blur slider to blur the shadow:

### To add a glow to the graphic

- In the Glow section select the Glow checkbox:

- Choose the color for the glow from the Color pop-up menu.
- Use the Opacity, Spread, and Blur sliders to adjust the characteristics of the glow:

### To set the background color

- In the Background section choose the background color from the Color pop-up menu:

If the graphic has a transparent background the fill color will show through:

### To set the foreground color

- In the Foreground section choose the color from the Color pop-up menu:

A graphic item with a foreground color will tint text in a graphic item below it:

### To add a border around the graphic

- In the Border section select the Border checkbox:

- Choose the color for the border from the Color pop-up menu.
- Specify the thickness of the border using the Size pop-up menu and the border dash pattern using the Dash pop-up menu.
- For solid borders you can specify the position of the border relative to the graphic rectangle by choosing Outside, Center, or Inside from the Position pop-up menu.
- Add a filter effect to the border by choosing Emboss, Blur, or Scatter from the Filter pop-up menu, and use the controls to adjust the filter effect.

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