dotnet drawing api: Drawing a proper drop-shadow? -- dotnet drawing api

Drawing a proper drop-shadow?

Christopher Ambler
8/29/2003 11:15:27 AM

dotnet drawing api: I'm working on some GDI+ code to bring a JPG into a bitmap and dynamically
draw a frame and dropshadow around it.

I've got the image loaded and scaled such that I have room, and can do the
frame, but the dropshadow is, invariably, just a black bar on the right and
bottom of the image. Of course, what I want is the nice blurred shadow.

Anyone have any code for this that I can glom?

Christopher

Re: Drawing a proper drop-shadow?

Bob Powell [MVP]
8/30/2003 12:46:32 PM

There is a tecnique for creating soft shadows on text in the GDI+ FAQ. This
could also be adapted to provide soft shadows for rectangular objects.

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