How To: Create a "Card" or "Icon" with Shadow Effect

Soft Card on Light Background with a Soft Drop Shadow	Button/Icon Soft Lift Contrasting Shadow on Dark Background	Icon/Button with a Soft Lift Shadow for Light Background	Icon/Button with a Hard Lift Shadow for Light Background

A shadow effect requires a complex, colorful or polar background layer to be visible. Ensure the layer behind your shadowed objects— whether that is the system wallpaper, a page background image, or a background graphic object — is a colorful photograph or gradient, not a solid white or black color.\
The created shadows will be selected as the Background for the “button shape” or “icon image” used.

In Edit mode (pinch in) select Main menu > Launcher Options > Resources > Shadow
Tap the “Add” icon
For “Label” enter Soft_Card_Shadow_Light_Bkgd
1. “Shadow color”: Tap the box area and select “Color”. For ARGB enter 80000000 (Black with ~25% opacity)
2. The “color box” for “OK” will change. Tap it to return to the “Shadow Add” dialog.
3. For “Shadow radius” enter 32
4. For “Offset X” enter 0
5. For “Offset Y” enter 10
Tap OK to return to the Shadow dialog

Tap the “Add” icon
For “Label” enter Button_Lift_Shadow_dark_bkgd
“Shadow color”: Tap the box area and select “Color”. For ARGB enter 5AFFFFFF (Black with ~35% opacity)
The “color box” for “OK” will change. Tap it to return to the “Shadow Add” dialog.
For “Shadow radius” enter 22
For “Offset X” enter 15
For “Offset Y” enter 15
Tap OK to return to the Resource dialog

Create the Shadow C (Button Hard Lift for Light Background). Note: This is duplicates the previous shadow, but the shadow color changes to contrast with the destination background to provide the offset.

Tap the “Add” icon
For “Label” enter Button_Lift_Shadow_light_bkgd
“Shadow color”: Tap the box area and select “Color”. For ARGB enter 80000000 (Black with ~35% opacity)
The “color box” for “OK” will change. Tap it to return to the “Shadow Add” dialog.
For “Shadow radius” enter 22
For “Offset X” enter 15
For “Offset Y” enter 15
Tap OK to return to the Resource dialog

Back out to the Resources dialog and select Shape
Tap the Add icon
For “Shape” select Round rectangle
Tap its Option icon and for its radius set 28
“Color1”: Tap the icon, select “Color”
For ARGB enter 3CFFFFFF (Note: The 1st 2 digits represent Alpha. 3C is ~60% opacity for a frosted look)
Tap OK
“Border width” set at 1, do not tap OK yet
“Border color”: tap and select “Color” and for ARGB enter 26FFFFFF
Label: enter Shadow_Card and tap OK to return to the Shape dialog

Still in the Shape dialog, tap the Add icon
For “Shape” select Round rectangle
Tap its Option icon and for its radius set 20
“Color1”: Tap the icon, select “Color”
For ARGB enter 50FFFFFF (represents Alpha of ~80% for a slightly more solid button)
The “color box” for “OK” will change. Tap it to return to the “Shadow Add” dialog.
“Border width” will remain at 0 (not used)
Label: enter Shadow_Button and tap OK to return to the main menu

In Edit On mode tap the Add icon in the Page Design Menu
Select Graphic > Image > Default > Icon packs
Scroll or use the search dialog to select the desired icon. Tap to select it.
The App icon is on the page and selected. In the Object Design menu tap the “Option” icon
In the main Option Edit dialog, tap “Background” > select «“Shape”» > Shadow_Button
In the main Option Edit dialog (do NOT tap Background again), scroll to find “Shadow” > select Button_Lift_Shadow
Tap “Margins” and set to 14 for all 4 sides. Tap OK.

In Edit On mode tap the Add icon in the Page Design Menu
Select Graphic > Shape
The default shape is placed on the page. In the Object Design menu tap the “Option” icon
In the main Option Edit dialog, tap “Shape” > select Glass_Card
In the main Option Edit dialog, scroll to find “Shadow” > select Soft_Card_Shadow
Tap OK.
Resize this panel to your desired dimensions.
Note: Ensure this panel is layered behind your icons by tapping its option menu and selecting “Send to back”.