Comments on: Drop Shadows In Inkscape

By: Tim Anderson

Tim Anderson — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:08:53 +0000

It is possible to create linked shadows. All you need to do is create a linked offset(Path – Linked Offset(ctrl+alt+J) ). This updates whenever the parent is. You can also make it do offset stuff

By: Jimmy Volatile

Jimmy Volatile — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:00:07 +0000

Or just go straight to the user manual for the written version: http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Filters-Example-DropShadow.html

By: chris

chris — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:36:05 +0000

Than you for all the explanations, the tut on screencasters perfectly completes it (incredible what you can do simply with the filter effect, I must use it more often).
Another related question: I’m drawing drop shadows on my diagram, then I want to export it to pdf for inclusion on a latex document (using then pdflatex). The problem is that the created pdf file is poor for the shadow; depending on the methods it disappears, it is transformed to plain grey, or it shows ugly bitmap pixels. I tried to use the “save as pdf with cairo”, and a pdfcreator printer, but didn’t manage to achieve correct results. Does anyone have a solution for that, or is it impossible to have a pdf with cast shadow ?

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:39:47 +0000

When it comes to creating a shadow for a complex object, I thought of drawing a rectangle above the whole thing then doing a logical intersection between the complex object and the new rectangle. Path\Union is cooler though

By: Vyoma

Vyoma — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:40:29 +0000

I stand corrected – that is a great link, ShaneK. That screencast does provide a wealth of information.

That said, I think it is time I explore 0.46 version a bit more – did not realize that they had a new version released.

By: ShaneK

ShaneK — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:25:15 +0000

Arthur, you can do it via filter effects in 0.46

http://screencasters.heathenx.org/wp-content/videos/ep058/ep058.html

This is a video tutorial that will walk you through it step by step. Drop shadow updates on the fly and everything.

By: Vyoma

Vyoma — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:46:29 +0000

Well Arthur, I just did some experiment, and I think, it is not possible with the current (0.46) version, it is not possible.

First of all, not sure if it works on complex objects.

If we take single shapes, the clone object does let the clone to be blurred, but it does not let the color of the clone alone to be changed. That would defeat the purpose of having a darker gray or black shadow shape under it.

By: Arthur

Arthur — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:08:02 +0000

What I’d like is a drop shadow (or other such effects) which updates automatically when the master object is updated. Is this possible with some cloning commands or the like?