Drop shadow settings.
drop shadow setting Properties
| Property | Type | Access | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| angle | real | r/w | The angle at which the shadow is thrown. Can return: fixed (-180 – 180). |
| blend mode | normal, multiply, screen, overlay, soft light, hard light, color dodge, color burn, darken, lighten, difference, exclusion, hue, saturation, color, luminosity, |
r/w | The blending mode for the drop shadow effect. |
| class | type | read | The class descriptor type. |
| distance | number | r/w | The distance between the item and its shadow. Can return: number or string (0 – 1000 points). |
| effect color | swatch | r/w | The color applied to the drop shadow, specified as a swatch (color, gradient, tint, or mixed ink), or as an array of color values. The color mode dictates the array values: for RGB, specify three values, each in the range 0 to 255, in the format [R,G,B… |
| honor other effects | boolean | r/w | If true, the drop shadow will take into account other non-shadow effects. |
| knocked out | boolean | r/w | If true, the layer will knock out the drop shadow. |
| mode | none, drop, |
r/w | The shadow mode. |
| noise | real | r/w | The amount (as a percentage) of noise applied to the shadow. (Range: 0 to 100). Can return: fixed (0 – 100). |
| object reference | drop shadow setting | read | An object reference for the object. |
| opacity | real | r/w | The opacity of the drop shadow (as a percentage). (Range: 0 to 100). Can return: fixed (0 – 100). |
| parent | specifier | read | The parent of the drop shadow setting (a transparency setting, stroke transparency setting, fill transparency setting or content transparency setting). Can return: transparency setting, stroke transparency setting, fill transparency setting or content … |
| properties | record | r/w | A property that allows setting of several properties at the same time. |
| size | number | r/w | The radius (in pixels) of the blur applied to the drop shadow. (Range depends on the unit type. For points: 0 to 144; for picas: 0p0 to 12p0; for inches: 0 to 2; for mm: 0 to 50.08; for cm: 0 to 5.08; for ciceros: 0c0 to 11c3.128.). Can return: number … |
| spread | real | r/w | The amount (as a percentage of the blur width) to spread the footprint of the drop shadow and reduce the radius of the blur. (Range: 0 to 100). Can return: fixed (0 – 100). |
| use global light | boolean | r/w | If true, uses the global light angle. |
| x offset | number | r/w | The horizontal offset of the drop shadow. Range depends on the unit type. For points: -1000 to 1000; for picas: -83p4 to 83p4; for inches: -13.8889 to 13.8889; for mm: -352.778 to 352.778; for cm: -35.277 to 35.277; for ciceros: -78c2.389 to 78c2.389. … |
| y offset | number | r/w | The vertical offset of the drop shadow. (Range depends on the unit type. For points: -1000 to 1000; for picas: -83p4 to 83p4; for inches: -13.8889 to 13.8889; for mm: -352.778 to 352.778; for cm: -35.277 to 35.277; for ciceros: -78c2.389 to 78c2.389). … |