Adobe InDesign CS3 Tip - Take Total Control of Effects

 
 

With the new Effects panel in InDesign CS3, you can choose to apply Effects to an entire Object, or its Stroke or Fill or even just the Text in a text object. Simply select the appropriate listing and choose the Effect desired from the "fx" popup menu at the bottom of the panel, before specifying your settings and pressing OK. You can even apply different combinations of Effects to multiple listings in the panel. Just select a listing from the Effects panel, choose the first Effect you'd like to apply from the popup menu, and in the window that opens, specify your settings, and check Preview to see the results. You can also apply additional Effects to that same object listing by clicking on the Effect in the Transparency section of the window. You can even add Effects to other parts of your object, under the "Setting For" popup menu, before clicking OK to apply all Effect to each part of the object. So if you'd like your headline text to have a Drop Shadow in a color-filled Frame that fades to transparent toward its right side with a Stroke that fades in exactly the opposite direction, no problem. The Effects panel is your window to taking total control of any combination of Effects you can think of.