ShadowCaster 3.3 for QuarkXPress 7

Quick Start Tips for ShadowCaster

Select Window > ShadowCaster Create. This is where you add items and apply effects and transparency.

Select Window > ShadowCaster Preview. This is where you preview the effects before placing the result back into the layout.

Select one or more boxes and click the Add Item button on either the Create or Preview palette. The items are rasterized and added to the Create palette as separate layers. You can then apply opacity, blend mode, or effects to the layers much like you would in an image-editing application.

Once you're happy with the results shown in the Preview palette, click the Place button. ShadowCaster renders the items with their effects and places the resulting image into a picture box behind the original items (the rendering settings are taken from the Preferences dialog box, that is available through the palette options drop-down menu on either palette).

The original items will be left behind. It's always a good idea to retain these items in case you want to modify the effect. You will need to get them out of the way. I like to put them on a separate layer that I leave invisible until I need them. If you re-add these items to the Create palette, they will retain their previous transparency and effect attributes.

Have fun!!

Dan Logan
Technical Product Manager, Desktop
Quark Inc.

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