SoftShadow

Adjust the settings to your liking. You can change various aspects of the shadow, including how it blends with the layers below it and how much to feather the edges of the shadow. When you are satisfied with the drop shadow, click OK.

Color:

Click on the colored rectangle to select a different color for the shadow.

Opacity:

How much the underlying objects and backgrounds show through. 255 is fully opaque, and 0 is completely transparant.

X Offset:

The distance to the right (or left with a negative number) the shadow will project.

Y Offset:

The distance to the bottom (or top with a negative number) the shadow will project.

Lock Proportion

Clicking the lock Icon will change the Y offset automatically keeping is proportion (set when you click the Lock Icon) to the X Offset.

Feather Edge:

Set how much you want the shadow to be feathered or blurred.

Save Settings:

Check this box, and after the shadow is applied, these settings will become your defaults and applied when using the Quick Shadow function.

Quality:

Choose the quality level you wish to use. This setting is actualy not about the quality of the shadow, but about the quality of the object exported from PowerPoint. A higher setting will produce a better image, but take a little longer to apply. Play with this setting to see the effect is has on different object types. For example applying to text at anything less than Best quality does not produce very good results, but Normal for a rectangular image is quite acceptable. Note: Hold the shift key while applying a Quick Shadow forces the Quality setting to Best for those selected shapes.

Remove PowerPoint Shadow First:

If the selected shape(s) have a normal PowerPoint shadow, checking this box will remove that shadow before a pptXTREME SoftShadow is applied.

Save Original Shape:

This feature is very important to understand. When this box is selected, the original PowerPoint shape is saved (but hidden) with the presentation, so that you can Revert to Original at any future time. This allows you to render shadows on text, charts and other objects without losing the ability to edit the objects at a later date. The important thing to realize, is that the object still takes up memory in your file. If you have a large number of pictures in your presentation, and apply a shadow to all of them, Saving Original Shape, then your presentation can become quite large, with two copies of every image saved with the file. Use the Cleanup Originals, to selectively delete originals, that you no longer need.

Color:	Click on the colored rectangle to select a different color for the shadow.
Opacity:	How much the underlying objects and backgrounds show through. 255 is fully opaque, and 0 is completely transparant.
X Offset:	The distance to the right (or left with a negative number) the shadow will project.
Y Offset:	The distance to the bottom (or top with a negative number) the shadow will project.
Lock Proportion	Clicking the lock Icon will change the Y offset automatically keeping is proportion (set when you click the Lock Icon) to the X Offset.
Feather Edge:	Set how much you want the shadow to be feathered or blurred.
Save Settings:	Check this box, and after the shadow is applied, these settings will become your defaults and applied when using the Quick Shadow function.
Quality:	Choose the quality level you wish to use. This setting is actualy not about the quality of the shadow, but about the quality of the object exported from PowerPoint. A higher setting will produce a better image, but take a little longer to apply. Play with this setting to see the effect is has on different object types. For example applying to text at anything less than Best quality does not produce very good results, but Normal for a rectangular image is quite acceptable. Note: Hold the shift key while applying a Quick Shadow forces the Quality setting to Best for those selected shapes.
Remove PowerPoint Shadow First:	If the selected shape(s) have a normal PowerPoint shadow, checking this box will remove that shadow before a pptXTREME SoftShadow is applied.
Save Original Shape:	This feature is very important to understand. When this box is selected, the original PowerPoint shape is saved (but hidden) with the presentation, so that you can Revert to Original at any future time. This allows you to render shadows on text, charts and other objects without losing the ability to edit the objects at a later date. The important thing to realize, is that the object still takes up memory in your file. If you have a large number of pictures in your presentation, and apply a shadow to all of them, Saving Original Shape, then your presentation can become quite large, with two copies of every image saved with the file. Use the Cleanup Originals, to selectively delete originals, that you no longer need.