Hi all and corel team !!,
Just wondering if there is a way to perhaps get a smoother drop shadow trace than this in attached sample...,
Is that pixel stepping a special effect feature that somehow I turn off , but wait a second... where is the turn off switch lol , seriously ... what is this ???
anyone...
or this is the best that can be done...
I have had this too......
The fix.............
Change the "Shadow feathering" any amount and it disappears.
Note: It happens when the object is rotated several times with a pre-made drop shadow.
My object had not been rotated at all, I just drew the shape, the problem appears on a straight line...feathering makes no difference...,
and besides why would I want to change the feathering as this defines the volume of my drop shadow which in this case has to be set where it is,
I would like to use a thin high contrast halo effect not a feathered blob of white light...
another ridiculous problem ...
Here is the full image, it had been reproduced by myself and I can assure there is no problems with my vector lines...
I see in your example the same as I see in my own which I redrew one element from your screen shot.
The shadow has steps in it on any low angle object.
Edit to add. My screen shot is from the resultant PDF. Looks the same in CD. Looks the same in an exported PNG.
great !! thanks,
I thought it was just me and I was going crazy...
Looking forward to hear from corel team....
Andrew
Try changing the rendering resolution (Options > Document > Page Size or simply double click the page frame).Does it make any difference?
Nothing resolves it as far as I can tell. Except to do it in another application...
I have attached my trial. The screen shot was done in XDP.
Mike
Tried your file Mike, and increasing the rendering resolution to, say, 2,400 dpi will in fact make it go away.It is usually not practical to use a resolution that high.Could be used temporarily to create the drop shadow, which is then converted to a bitmap instead.
BTW, I agree that drop shadows in Draw could be rendered more smoothly.
What is XDP?
One more thing; In this particular case, a multistep Contour could be used instead, to create the glow.Make a duplicate of the object, color it white. Then create an outside contour in 30 steps of 0.002" or something, and let it fade to black.
Hi Ronny,
XDP = Xara Designer Pro...sorry.
Yes, one can up the rendering res, but as you mention it is sometimes not very practical. Not bad for a simple file. Gets a bit crawly when it is more complicated. If you zoom in with the setting @ 2400 dpi, you might still see it. I do. Which is slightly moot as likely the ink will spread enough to blend it. It does hit a PDF unless one also ups the down sampling.
As Ronny said, an Outside Contour would be a good workaround for this.
For something like this, I like the extra control I can get by using a combination of vectors and bitmaps. A vector graphic by its definition must be a sequence of steps, although it is possible to make the steps small enough so that they are not noticeable...but with bitmaps you can get a true gradient.
(edit) It's actually not a true gradient in the sense of a continuous tone photo, but with fine enough resolution and anti aliasing it will appear so, as a halftone does.
MikeWe said:XDP = Xara Designer Pro...sorry.
I have tried this on my side...
there is way you can do drop shadow ... in good way. without crooked/mixed way.
I am attaching the sample what is get....
Just make drop shadow... on this parameter or any one.... as you like which no show blackness as pattern,.....
Trick part is... ( Break Apart = ^K) it.. and copies white shadow 3 to 4 times...
this is the tricky solution...
hope this will help you...!!!