How to design my own shadows?

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Anybody know exactly what the steps are to design your own shadows in WindowFX? I've seen a tutorial on scripting animation for WindowFX, but I haven't come across documentation to design your own shadows.

Ultimately, I'd prefer to not have to "play" with a copy of an existing WinFX shadow files.

Thanks,
Pete
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Ultimately, I'd prefer to not have to "play" with a copy of an existing WinFX shadow files.
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Looking at the existing shadows might be your best bet.  They seem fairly simple.

Three images for left, right, and bottom.
A text file describing them.

Sample:
[Shadows.right]
Image = dual thin\right.bmp
TopHeight= 15
BottomHeight = 18
LeftWidth = 1
RightWidth = 11
TileLeft = 1
TileTop = 1
TileBottom = 1
Tile = 1

[Shadows.bottom]
Image = dual thin\bottom.bmp
TopHeight= 0
BottomHeight = 13
LeftWidth = 14
RightWidth = 5
TileLeft = 1
TileTop = 1
TileBottom = 1
Tile = 1


[Shadows.settings]
;BaseAlpha = # (0-255) sets defaults alpha blending
baseAlpha = 200


Sorry, couldn't find any tutorials.

As Per-pixel windowblinds have become the norm, WindowFX shadows have fallen by the way-side since they can't be applied to them.  I think it's too bad.  I really liked custom shadows (but I like the newer skins more).