drop shadows

[Econ Dev webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Hi everyone:

Im inserting a photo into Dreamweaver, and editing it in Fireworks. Im trying to apply a drop shadow, but when I apply it, nothing happens. It shows in the "effects" section as being applied, but even when you preview it in FW, nothing shows up. Any ideas? Thanks!

[Linda Rathgeber]

You need to enlarge the canvas. :-) When you open a photo in Fireworks
it opens on a canvas with the same dimensions as the photo. The drop
shadow extends from the edge of the photo, so unless you enlarge the
canvas to accommodate it, it's hidden.



Best regards,
Linda Rathgeber
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[Bill Ray]

And a simple way to do that is to select the picture and in the edit menu at
top select "Crop document".

THat will automatically enlarge the canvas to the required size. :)

BR




"Linda Rathgeber" <lightly@sc.rr.com> wrote in message
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> You need to enlarge the canvas. :-) When you open a photo in Fireworks
> it opens on a canvas with the same dimensions as the photo. The drop
> shadow extends from the edge of the photo, so unless you enlarge the
> canvas to accommodate it, it's hidden.
>
>
>
> Best regards,
> Linda Rathgeber
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[Anthony MMTS]

Hello,

Perhaps your canvas is not large enough to show a drop down shadow effect.
If you are diting the image from Dreamweaver, the canvas size isthe same
size as the photo. Make the Canvas Bigger than the photo by Modify > Canvas

> Canvas Size. Apply the drop shadow effect and see what happens.

I hope this helps.

Anthony F. Dugenia
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Macromedia Technical Support
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"Econ Dev" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Hi everyone:
>
> Im inserting a photo into Dreamweaver, and editing it in Fireworks. Im

trying to apply a drop shadow, but when I apply it, nothing happens. It
shows in the "effects" section as being applied, but even when you preview
it in FW, nothing shows up. Any ideas? Thanks!

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>

[Coen Naninck]

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"Econ Dev" [email]webforumsuser@macromedia.com[/email] wrote:

> Hi everyone:
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> Im inserting a photo into Dreamweaver, and editing it in Fireworks. Im trying to apply a drop shadow, but when I apply it, nothing happens. It shows in the "effects" section as being applied, but even when you preview it in FW, nothing shows up. Any ideas? Thanks!
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Good luck!

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[Econ Dev webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Thank you!!

[Jim]

When I apply a drop shadow to an image or to text the orignal object gets
(pixelated?) corrupt. Anybody know how to cure this.

Thanks

[LoudZoo]

I'm having a problem. I can't seem to get drop shadows for text. I
can get them for images and objects, but no luck on text. Using the
Selection Tool I select the text box in question. I then pull down
Object->Drop Shadow and apply drop shadow with the same specs as the
other items in my layout. But, my drop shadow does not appear. I
supposed that perhaps it would on printing. Nope. I have looked
through the help files for clues. No luck. I am now appealing to you
all. I am using OSX 10.4 and Indesign 2.0.2. Assume I know nothing.
There is no such thing as too much information.

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[LoudZoo]

Additional information re my earlier request. On a whim, I changed the
face of the font. Ta-Da! Drop Shadows! My problem now seems to be
that I can't get drop shadow on that font. What might cause that? The
original font was P22 Broadwindsor. I changed it to Times.