Some of the most useful border styles are detailed below. To view the others we recommend you simply select them and see their effect in the Preview window where the border is combined with a thumbnail of your current object.
This places a single line border around the object. It uses the width specified in the Width box (use the spin buttons to increase or decrease the value) and the colour specified in the Primary colour well.
You can also choose any of the Opus line styles as the border by selecting the line style from the drop down list provided.
This border style is a variation on Plain, which draws two parallel lines in the primary colour and uses the secondary colour to fill the gap between them.
This border displays the object in an ellipse. It is the only shape border that uses the internal line settings so you can put a line around the edge using the Width and Primary Colour settings.
These are very useful border styles in that they can provide a bevelled edge to the object using light and dark bevel edges. This makes the object look raised or sunken in the manner of many panels and buttons in Windows, creating a look familiar to Windows users.
The Width sets the width of the bevel, the Primary Colour is used for the light bevel and the Secondary Colour is used for the dark bevel.
The Transparency setting can be used to make these edges partially transparent so that the object itself shows through. Use white and black with a reasonable amount of transparency and you can tint the object or the background to look as though the object is bevelled.
Note however, that using the same colour for the bevel as the background of an object may result in the bevel becoming the same colour as the object and not appearing.
An additional border style is available for the Plain, Double and Neon options by clicking the Round Corners checkbox and setting an amount of curve for the corner. You can set the Absolute radius of the curve to a number of pixels or to a Relative radius by a percentage, which will keep the same style even if you resize the object.
Other borders are provided offering graphical borders and shapes but these are used as is and do not have additional controls or settings.