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Beginners' Questions Adding shadow inside a room
  1. #1
    rawhide rawhide @rawhide

    Hello all!  

      Frustratedly trying to figure out how to add slight shadows inside the walls of a floor plan design.  Just trying to add some dimension to the project.  Shadow and glow filter almost gets there but I need to eliminate the glow.  No idea how to make a gradient fill fit the inside of a shape without just being a circle.  

    -Rawhide

  2. #2
    bleke bleke @bleke

    One option:

    • Create a clone
      Select your floor plan and press alt-d
    • Apply a little blur to the clone
      Blur effect is at the bottom of the Fill and Stroke panel
    • Apply a different colour to the clone
      Filters -> Colour -> Colourize
    • Move the clone a bit and lower it beneath the original plan

     

    The neat thing about clones is that they will mimic all changes you do to the original floor plan.