Changing the Drop Shadow Color

nbetcher · Postby **nbetcher** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 5:15 am

Hello,
I'm attempting to change the color of the drop shadow that is created by using 'Filters->Shadows and Glows->Drop Shadow...' but I am unable to do so. I read the topic here on the question:

http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=9603

However when I click the GTK Slider widget:

it simply moves the slider, not open the color dialog window. Is this a problem with Windows GTK? Is there an element in the XML of the SVG file that I can edit to force a different color? All help is appreciated!

ivan louette · Postby **ivan louette** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 9:13 am

You must drag below the two tabs Effects parameters and Filter General Settings to enlarge the Effect and Connection windows.

Then in the list you will see a line called Flood. Just click on this line and in the Effect parameter there will be a colored rectangle. Click on this one and it will open the Color Dialog.

ivan

nbetcher · Postby **nbetcher** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 9:30 am

ivan louette wrote:You must drag below the two tabs Effects parameters and Filter General Settings to enlarge the Effect and Connection windows.

Then in the list you will see a line called Flood. Just click on this line and in the Effect parameter there will be a colored rectangle. Click on this one and it will open the Color Dialog.

ivan

Flood is not in the list:

When I add Flood it fills the Text area completely black.

Postby **brynn** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 11:59 am

Do we somehow have a regression, because I thought there was a Flood primitive as well, in the Drop Shadow. Just in case, nbetcher, can you tell us your Inkscape version and operating system please? I'm in 0.48.1 and Windows 7, 64-bit, and no Flood primitive in Drop Shadow

(I could SO very easily be mistaken, but doubt the same of ivan.)

~suv · Postby **~suv** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 2:33 pm

brynn wrote:Do we somehow have a regression, because I thought there was a Flood primitive as well, in the Drop Shadow.

Please, both of you, read Ivan's comment in the quoted thread carefully: the predefined filter effect in stable 0.48.x does not include a feFlood component - Ivan therefore attached a file for users of Inkscape 0.48.x with a drop shadow filter effect which does have a 'feFlood' component in it.

The development snapshot builds have the predefined filters reorganized (work in progress) - for anything to be considered a regression would depend on the revision used for the tested snapshot build: but I can confirm that the latest builds (r10720) do have the feFlood in the predefined filter effect for drop shadows.

oops, that's not the correct answer - update in progress… confused 'Drop shadow' with 'Inner Shadow' in Inkscape 0.48?

~suv · Postby **~suv** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 2:42 pm

nbetcher wrote:I'm attempting to change the color of the drop shadow that is created by using 'Filters->Shadows and Glows->Drop Shadow...' but I am unable to do so. I read the topic here on the question: (…)

The forum topic you refer to talks about a different predefined filter effect:

'Filters->Shadows and Glows->Inner Shadow…'

which does include a 'Flood' filter component, even in Inkscape 0.48.

Postby **brynn** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 7:44 pm

The reason I was concerned is because is because I seem to remember a Flood primitive in the drop shadow filter, in the past. I seem to recall actually making changes to it, in my own work, and as well, posting a reply long ago, instructing someone how to do it (which they later successfully did). Plus it seems unlikely ivan would be mistaken. Although we certainly are all human

Regression might not be the right word. What I meant was 'something that used to work which no longer works'. (note that I did not read the linked comments, just the ones posted here)

nbetcher · Postby **nbetcher** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 5:33 am

Ok, well, the main topic was how to change the drop shadow color, not necessarily that I expect it to operate using Flood.

Any ideas how to do that?

~suv · Postby **~suv** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 7:05 am

nbetcher wrote:Ok, well, the main topic was how to change the drop shadow color, not necessarily that I expect it to operate using Flood. :) Any ideas how to do that?

Consider reusing the custom 'Drop Shadow' filter effect provided in the file 'andro.svg' by Ivan Louette in this comment (yes, that one includes the 'flood' filter component - you might have to readjust the offset as needed):
Re: Best filters to achieve Android menu icon style?

Or download "New Shadows and Glows" effects by Ivan Louette from openclipart.org: dropshadowsoptions.svg
(you can copy&paste objects with a drop shadow effect applied between documents to reuse the effects in different files)

~suv · Postby **~suv** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 7:29 am

Attaching a screenshot based on the file 'dropshadowsoptions' from openclipart.org, showing how to access the predefined filter effects and how to change the color of the drop shadow.

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