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Illustrator – Text Drop Shadow
Hi
New to making signs, Just learning how to use adobe illustrator,
Getting there but having some trouble with drop shadows on text, When i apply the drop shadow to the text i get 2 full letter outline paths offset.
Is it possible to create a outline path for the the drop shadow alone, so i can separate the shadow from the letters or is offsetting letters over letters the only way i can get drop shadow using Adobe.
any advice appreciated
Ja Smith
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5 Replies
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Hi Ja
You’d get on better starting out introducing yourself in the ‘say hello" forum.
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There are some very good Illustrator tutorials on the web and they will probably explain better than I could 😀
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Cuttable drop shadows are an easy operation in Illustrator.
You need to learn how to use the Pathfinder commands.
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Thanks John
Played around with pathfinder options for 2mins and hey presto
Still learning my way with Illustrator, i’ll get there someday
Thanks Jayne, going to have a look through the videos just now, see where else im going wrong.
Thanks James,
left a hello message now, was in a bit of a hurry earlier didnt really look around the whole site, just jumped straight in -
Hi Ja Smith,
There are a few ways of doing it.
I often use the following method : create your text – create outlines – effect – stylize – drop shadow – In the selection box make sure 100% is selected, 0 blur, normal mode and whatever you want the offset to be.
You can get a preview, once your happy go to the object menu on top of page and expand appearance, then pathfinder and merge.
This is just one of the many ways, this way is good is handy for specific distance etc.
Hope it helps,Lorr
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