Gerber OMEGA CP, Reference Manual

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492 Chapter 44:
Creating Special Effects
Using Overlap
The Overlap effect makes shapes appear to overlay each other in left to right, right to left, top to
bottom, or bottom to top placement. Overlap also lets you alternate colors. The selected shapes
must overlay somewhere for Overlap to work. In the Overlap dialog box it is important to
understand the following settings:
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Order
♦
Relief
♦
Amount
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Alternate
Order
Left to Right/Right to Left
, for best results, arrange the text or shapes horizontally with about a
–200% horizontal spacing.
Top to Bottom/Bottom to Top, arrange the text or shapes vertically rather than horizontally.
Tip: You can also use Repeats to create overlapped shapes. In the Repeats Gap/Distance
group box, choose Distance and enter values that are less than the shape's height or length.
Relief and Amount
Relief determines the space between shapes. The Relief group box allows you to turn on Relief
and to enter the space desired between the shapes in the Amount text box. Relief must be
turned on for Amount to be available.