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Select the solid blue shape with the Contour Tool (Ctrl F7). Drag any of the red arrow control handles a short distance to the inside to apply an Inner Contour. Change the number of Contour Steps on the Infobar to 25 and press Enter to apply the change. Change the Contour Width to 14pix and press Enter. Drag the white color swatch from the screen palette and drop it onto the center of the contour. Click the Position Profile arrow icon on the Infobar. From the drop down list, select Profile 1. This forces the colors to the edges.
Right click on the contour and select Create Bitmap Copy... In the Create Bitmap Options dialog, leave the settings as they are and press Create. Delete the contour and center the bitmap over the other shapes. Apply a Flat, 30% Stained Glass transparency. Hold down the Alt key and click over the white shape until you select it and bring it to the front (Ctrl f). Do the same for the other white highlights.
Last step! Group all the objects (Ctrl g). The best way to do this is to drag a selection rectangle (a marquee) around all the object with the Selector Tool (F2 ). This is called a marquee selection. The rectangle needs to include all of the object not just a portion as with Illustrator. Select the group with the Shadow Tool (Ctrl F2) and then press the Wall Shadow option icon shown above top. Adjust the Shadow Blur slider setting to 12pix. Adjust the Shadow Transparency slider setting to 50%. NOTE: I split the Infobar settings to get all the settings on the page. Change the Horizontal Position setting to 0pix and increase the Vertical Position setting to -7pix.
Were done!!! So what do you think? Did we do it? I can see a few things I might change but all and all I think this is pretty convincing. Your feedback is important to my confidence and state of mental health, which has been in rapid decline of late. Your positive comments, questions, and suggestions could help restore sanity into my life. Please use the feedback form on the next page to let me know your thoughts. Gary W. Priester
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