Shadow support is one key feature of the 2.0 trunk. This rendering option can globally be applied to all drawing functions. All the shadow parameters are given trough a $Format array. To learn more about this please read the Format array guide.

setShadow($Enabled=TRUE,$Format="");

Where :




It is possible to customize the shadow rendering by playing with this array. Providing a detailled configuration is not mandatory, by default the shadow will be drawn black with an offset of (+2,+2) and a transparency of 20%.

 /* Enable shadow support */
 $myPicture->setShadow(TRUE,array("X"=>2,"Y"=>2,"R"=>0,"G"=>0,"B"=>0,"Alpha"=>20);

 /* Draw a filled circle */
 $formSettings = array("R"=>201,"G"=>230,"B"=>40,"Alpha"=>100,"Surrounding"=>30);
 $myPicture->drawFilledCircle(90,120,30,$formSettings);

 /* Draw a filled rectangle */
 $formSettings = array("R"=>231,"G"=>197,"B"=>40,"Alpha"=>100,"Surrounding"=>30);
 $myPicture->drawFilledRectangle(160,90,280,150,$formSettings);

 /* Draw a filled rectangle with rounded corners */
 $formSettings = array("R"=>231,"G"=>102,"B"=>40,"Alpha"=>100,"Surrounding"=>30);
 $myPicture->drawRoundedFilledRectangle(320,90,440,150,5,$formSettings);

This will draw various basic shapes with a shadow.