Adobe 22030000 User Guide - Page 80

Apply a style to a button or layer set, Add a drop shadow, Choose Object > Drop Shadow

Get Adobe 22030000 - Encore DVD - PC PDF manuals and user guides
UPC - 718659326050
View all Adobe 22030000 manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals

Page 80 highlights

ENCORE CS3 76 User Guide Apply a style to a button or layer set 1 Select the button in the Menu Viewer or in the Layers panel. 2 In the Styles panel, select the style, and click the Apply Style button . If your menu contains a styled layer that you like, you can quickly create a new style by dragging the layer directly to the Styles panel. The new style contains any effects applied to the layer. (See "About creating styles" on page 113.) Add a drop shadow Drop shadows add depth to a menu. You can apply the drop shadow effect to any object in the menu, be it text, buttons, or other graphic element. Original (left) and drop shadow applied to text and button image (right) Encore gives you extensive control over the look of the shadow, letting you specify its color, opacity, angle, offset, size, and spread. You apply drop shadows to individual elements or to layer sets. Because the effect is applied to the element, when you move or resize the element, or edit the text, the drop shadow moves, resizes, or changes shape accordingly. If you apply a drop shadow to a button or layer set, Encore applies it to the bottommost layer. The Styles panel contains many predesigned Photoshop layer effects, including drop shadows, that let you quickly change the look of a button or other element. See "About predefined styles" on page 75. 1 Open the menu containing the buttons you want to modify. 2 In the Layers panel, click the layer of the element to which you want to add a drop shadow. If the element is in a layer set, you may need to open the layer set first. 3 Choose Object > Drop Shadow, and select Drop Shadow in the Drop Shadow dialog box. 4 To change the color, click the color swatch. 5 In the Color Picker dialog box, adjust the color using one of the following methods (the color you select appears in the top half of the color swatch; the original color remains in the bottom half): • Locate the color range you want by dragging the triangle sliders on the color spectrum bar, and then click a color in the color field. • Click the buttons for Hue, Saturation, and Brightness, or Red, Green, and Blue (the color field changes for each button you click) and then click in the color field to select a new color. • Change the number values by either clicking each one and typing a new value, or by dragging the double-arrow pointer left or right over the number to decrease or increase the value. • Type a new hexadecimal color value in the # text box. 6 Click OK to close the Color Picker. The new color replaces the original color in the Drop Shadow dialog box.

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
  • 67
  • 68
  • 69
  • 70
  • 71
  • 72
  • 73
  • 74
  • 75
  • 76
  • 77
  • 78
  • 79
  • 80
  • 81
  • 82
  • 83
  • 84
  • 85
  • 86
  • 87
  • 88
  • 89
  • 90
  • 91
  • 92
  • 93
  • 94
  • 95
  • 96
  • 97
  • 98
  • 99
  • 100
  • 101
  • 102
  • 103
  • 104
  • 105
  • 106
  • 107
  • 108
  • 109
  • 110
  • 111
  • 112
  • 113
  • 114
  • 115
  • 116
  • 117
  • 118
  • 119
  • 120
  • 121
  • 122
  • 123
  • 124
  • 125
  • 126
  • 127
  • 128
  • 129
  • 130
  • 131
  • 132
  • 133
  • 134
  • 135
  • 136
  • 137
  • 138
  • 139
  • 140
  • 141
  • 142
  • 143
  • 144
  • 145
  • 146
  • 147
  • 148
  • 149
  • 150
  • 151
  • 152
  • 153
  • 154
  • 155
  • 156
  • 157
  • 158
  • 159
  • 160
  • 161
  • 162
  • 163
  • 164
  • 165
  • 166
  • 167
  • 168
  • 169
  • 170
  • 171
  • 172
  • 173
  • 174
  • 175
  • 176
  • 177
  • 178
  • 179
  • 180
  • 181
  • 182
  • 183
  • 184
  • 185
  • 186
  • 187
  • 188
  • 189
  • 190
  • 191
  • 192
  • 193
  • 194
  • 195
  • 196
  • 197
  • 198
  • 199
ENCORE CS3
User Guide
76
Apply a style to a button or layer set
1
Select the button in the Menu Viewer or in the Layers panel.
2
In the Styles panel, select the style, and click the Apply Style button
.
If your menu contains a styled layer that you like, you can quickly create a new style by dragging the layer directly
to the Styles panel. The new style contains any effects applied to the layer. (See “About creating styles” on page 113.)
Add a drop shadow
Drop shadows add depth to a menu. You can apply the drop shadow effect to any object in the menu, be it text,
buttons, or other graphic element.
Original (left) and drop shadow applied to text and button image (right)
Encore gives you extensive control over the look of the shadow, letting you specify its color, opacity, angle, offset, size,
and spread. You apply drop shadows to individual elements or to layer sets. Because the effect is applied to the
element, when you move or resize the element, or edit the text, the drop shadow moves, resizes, or changes shape
accordingly. If you apply a drop shadow to a button or layer set, Encore applies it to the bottommost layer.
The Styles panel contains many predesigned Photoshop layer effects, including drop shadows, that let you quickly
change the look of a button or other element. See “About predefined styles” on page 75.
1
Open the menu containing the buttons you want to modify.
2
In the Layers panel, click the layer of the element to which you want to add a drop shadow. If the element is in a
layer set, you may need to open the layer set first.
3
Choose Object > Drop Shadow, and select Drop Shadow in the Drop Shadow dialog box.
4
To change the color, click the color swatch.
5
In the Color Picker dialog box, adjust the color using one of the following methods (the color you select appears
in the top half of the color swatch; the original color remains in the bottom half):
•
Locate the color range you want by dragging the triangle sliders on the color spectrum bar, and then click a color
in the color field.
•
Click the buttons for Hue, Saturation, and Brightness, or Red, Green, and Blue (the color field changes for each
button you click) and then click in the color field to select a new color.
•
Change the number values by either clicking each one and typing a new value, or by dragging the double-arrow
pointer left or right over the number to decrease or increase the value.
•
Type a new hexadecimal color value in the # text box.
6
Click OK to close the Color Picker.
The new color replaces the original color in the Drop Shadow dialog box.