Add drop shadow curled page like default photo boxes in books.

When I pick a theme in Books in Aperture, I see the photo boxes have rotation and a shawdowed, buttom edge curled effect to the photo plaeholder boxes. I figured out how to add photo boxes and even size and rotate them, but cannot see how to add the shawdow/curled effects to the placeholder. Nor can I 'edit' existing placeholders to change there size or rotation. Seems it should be easy... but not. Also, how to add a custom page background color other than the very limited selection allowed/offered?
Thanks!

LewisO,
if one could adjust the size and rotation of these theme supplied containers. That too, I have not been able to figure out how to do.
which theme are you using? Each theme is behaving differently and some are very restrictive. For example, the "Formal" theme does not allow to rotate the photo boxes or to change the aspect ration.
The "angle" slider in the layout options and part of the size options will be dimmed for hese themes.
Regards
Léonie

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