- From: Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:59:29 -0700
- To: Andrew Fedoniouk <news@terrainformatica.com>
- Cc: www-style list <www-style@w3.org>
On Sep 12, 2009, at 1:47 PM, Andrew Fedoniouk wrote: > Brad Kemper wrote: >> On Sep 9, 2009, at 12:57 PM, fantasai wrote: >>> ACTION: Brad to come up with full shadow proposal (not finalized, >>> but to >>> see where we're going) >> OK, and here it is: >> http://www.bradclicks.com/cssplay/drop-shadow/Drop-Shadow.html > > Beautiful proposal :) Thank you. > But while reading it I've got a question about this image: > > http://www.bradclicks.com/cssplay/drop-shadow/inner- > shadow_example2.png > > I see a [lighter] halo around "W3C" logo image. Question is: what > kind of shadow is that? It's not really a halo, because it is only to the bottom right of the logo... It gets a little tricky to try to explain the inner shadow through semi-opaque openings, but I'll try: Notice how the 100% opaque dots around the edge are actually completely cut-out holes that let all the light in through them at an angle that is down and to the right? The same thing is happening with the 100% opaque logo. It is a completely cut-out hole, whereas the rest of the orange background is more like looking through translucent paper which casts a shadow too. The logo is cut completely out of that paper, so it lets light through at the same angle as the shadow. I think the light from the dots looks even lighter because of the contrast, but it is actually the same color of orange as what you see near the logo.
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