Click on the X to close the block shadow color and that will change block shadow color. Once you have created a block shadow you can change the color by selecting the Eyedropper tool and choosing a dark blue from the Color Palette. Pull down vertically with the Block Shadow tool, release the left mouse button, and you have created a block shadow. You can change the position simply by moving your mouse around while holding down the left mouse button. Click one time to select it then click and hold the left mouse button as you pull down and position vertically. To create a Block Shadow, select the white outline around the block shadow text. You will also notice that the Properties bar will change to the Block Shadow property bar. Click on it and you can see the icon will change on your cursor to indicate that you now have the Block Shadow tool selected. The last tool on the flyout is the Block Shadow tool. Click the menu icon and the flyout menu will pop out. The Block Shadow tool can be found in the menu item for interactive tools, which is typically set to the Drop Shadow tool. Go back to View > Enhanced and we’ll take a look at the basic functionality of the Block Shadow tool. Zoom in and you can see the block shadow has nice clean lines without all of the vector elements and line segments that would be created by the Extrude tool. If I go to V iew > Wireframe, you can see that. With the Block Shadow tool, you get a very simple vector line or object. When you go through the Extrude tool you can end up with many different vector objects. This makes this tool ideal for those of you who are working with vinyl or other materials and cutting with a plotter, those of you who need nice clean lines. One of the benefits of working with the Block Shadow tool is that it is simplified compared to the Extrude tool. This dynamic, interactive tool is very similar to the Extrude tool but simplified – giving you the ability to easily add depth and dimension to your designs, as you can see with this soccer logo.Ĭlick on any of the images below to view full-size.
In this tutorial we will cover working with the Block Shadow tool introduced in CorelDRAW 2018.