You can use this dialog (on the Image menu) to add shadows to your images.

Shadow Size (slider) - drag this slider to set your shadows to be either closer or farther away from your selection. The shadow will appear as in the preview pane in the Shadow dialog.

Inner Shade - drag this slider to set the darkness of the shadow's umbra, the core of the shadow. Dark increases the apparent contrast of the shadow, making the light "causing it" appear more "harsh and sharp." Light makes the shadow "softer" and the light it is imitating appear less harsh.

Outer Shade - drag this slider to set the darkness of the shadow's penumbra. Dark makes the shadow appear less realistic, and more "solid." Light makes it appear more "gentle" and more realistic.

If you reverse the Inner and Outer shadow settings, you'll get an interesting look that makes it appear as though a "light source" is below your selection.

Add around the current image selection - checking this tells HyperSnap-DX to apply the shadow to the image currently loaded into HyperSnap-DX workspace. The shadow will be added around the current selection on this image, or to entire image if selection is not visible.

Auto-add this shadow to all captured images - if you're doing a collection of images where you'd like this shadow to be used (for example a photo album of screen captures), checking this box will force the program to apply the shadow automatically, without any additional effort.

Preview pane - this pane allows you to see how your settings will look, although the background here does not resemble the image or the currently-selected area, it's just plain white.

Click OK to make your changes go into effect, or Cancel to abandon them.

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