Several newbie questions

[Chris Ridd]

On 7/2/04 8:11 pm, Jan Erik Moström <lists at mostrom.pp.se> wrote:

> I have a few questions:
> 
> +   If I have an object that is drawn using the polygon tool, how
>   can I make the "corners" "rounded"? I don't want to have them
>   sharp I would like a smoother curve.

In the stroke palette, you can change corners to be curved instead of
mitred/butted.

I suspect that's not what you're looking for though, and what you're
actually looking for is more like the classic MacOS "rounded rects". (Except
with polygons :-) You're out of luck unless you draw the shape in something
like Illustrator and copy the shape in.

The best you can do inside OG is to draw a bezier curve with the line tool.
However you can't fill it, and you have very little control over the control
points.

> +   If I have two objects on top of each other, how can I make the
>   shadow from the top appear on the bottom one?

Ah, an easy one :-)

You have to put objects in different layers if you want shadows from the top
one to appear on the lower one.

Cheers,

Chris