Illustrator :: Flatten Drop Shadow When Printing?
Aug 15, 2013How do I flatten a drop shadow when I print?
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Illustrator :: Flatten Transparent Drop Shadow?
Nov 13, 2013How to flatten a transparent drop shadow in Adobe Illustrator for post script printing?
View 11 Replies View RelatedIllustrator :: Black Drop Shadow Bleeding Onto White Text During Printing (but Looks Fine On Screen)
Sep 25, 2013For my business card design I have white text overlapping an area of very white grey- causing readability issues (insufficient contrast). It looks great apart from this one problem, so I still want to keep my white text and light background and fix it by separating the text and background with a darker drop shadow..
First, I added a black drop shadow to the text- but this was not enough to increase readability (text still looked faded on background as drop shadow was too subtle at 85% opacity, 0.04" blur) so I added a drop shadow to my drop shadow (100% opacity, 0.02" blur + 18% opacity, 0.02" blur). This produced a heavier drop shadow effect for my text as desired but, for some reason, the text came out slightly grey in print (offset run). It seems the drop shadow somehow got printed over the text itself to some extent- turning the white text somewhat grey (and so not looking as clean as intended).
How could this dropshadow bleed into the text happen? Is it to do with the fact I added a drop shadow to my drop shadow? I would have thought that, even then, the text should entirely overlap all of the drop shadow as the text is the top layer in the group.
What can I do to ensure that drop shadow does not print over text in any way in future? Do I have to stick to only one layer of dropshadow-or is there something else I'm missing?
CorelDRAW X4 :: Printing Object With Drop Shadow
Jul 29, 2011I am using CorelDraw X4.
If I place a filled circular object with an attached drop shaddow on top a colored background, it appears as I expect on my monitor. If I print it, the print preview still looks correct, but the actual print shows a white rectangle below the circle and above the shaddow. It blocks part of the shaddow.
As viewed on monitor -
As printed -
CorelDRAW X6 :: Pixel Printing Transparency And Drop Shadow
Dec 3, 2013I'm exporting files as .eps to print them with my roland printer using versaworks.
The problem is when i'm exporting files from my desk computer, (CorelDraw X6) and then I print it I have this problem. my bitmap components in the file are printed with many more pixel than before. and I don't know why.
Maybe since I updated my X6 version? It does that with files that contain drop shadow effects or transparency.
The thing is when i'm exporting the same file with my Laptop, using Coreldraw X5 and I then print it, I don't have this problem. So the printer's software is not the problem. I double cheked all my .eps exporting settings and they are the same in both computer.
You can see on these pictures what's right and what's wrong.
Illustrator :: Drop Shadow Not Available?
Jul 26, 2012I've been following a few tutorials that say to use Effect > Stylize > Drop Shadow, but for me Drop Shadow is not available in that menu. The only thing that is available is "Glowing Edges." I'm trying to add a drop shadow to an ellipse, but I've tried it with lines and even that didn't work.
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Feb 28, 2013I am making a sign for sign writing. The overall size is 2400mmx1800mm. so its quiet big.
But When I go to put a drop shadow behind it it comes up with this - " The combination of artwork size & resolution exceeds the maximum that can be rasterized"
Why is it saying this? How do I put a drop shadow on it?
Illustrator :: Drop Shadow In CC
Feb 3, 2014My version of Illustrator CC doesn't have any options for drop shadows etc. under stylise - is there something else I should download?
View 6 Replies View RelatedIllustrator :: Can't Load Drop Shadow AIP
Jun 28, 2012Today I upgraded from Design Standard CS5.0 to CS6, and as I am running Windows 7 64bit I chose the 64-bit version of Illustrator.
Now every time I start Illustrator it reports "Error loading plugins. Drop Shadow.aip"; after clicking OK it starts normally, but obviously without the Drop Shadow plug-in.
Then, I open a new document, draw a rectangle and select Effect/Stylize/Glowing Edges; the first time in a session I do that, Illustrator produces a pop-up saying "The operation cannot complete because of an unknown error. [CANT]", but on OK shows the Glowing Edges work area without problems. After finishing the Glowing Edges effect, I can then select it in that session without getting the pop-up. As Drop Shadow is in the Stylize category of Illustrator CS5 I suppose the pop-up is a side effect of the failure to load Drop Shadow.aip.
how can I get the plug-in to load properly?
Illustrator :: Keep Drop Shadow Off Background
Oct 15, 2013I'd like to add drop shadows to layers without it hitting the background - so it only lands on the actual objects behind.
I've currently done this by creating clipping paths to mask off the unwanted areas, but this is a faily complex setup on the file I'm dealing with. If I change the positions of any of the (many) items on the artboard, I have to recreate all the masks.
Is there a simpler way without using masks, like, for example, just telling the file not to render effects on the background?
Illustrator :: Drop Shadow Not Usable?
Jan 30, 2014I'm new to Illustrator and trying to simply just add a drop shadow to some various texts. It would seem to me that when you enter text, all you would have to do is highlight and the drop shadow option should be functional. However, that's not the case.
View 1 Replies View RelatedIllustrator :: Can't Create A Drop Shadow
Jan 29, 2014I am trying to create a drop shadow. I know the path is effects/stylize/drop shadow. The drop shadow choice is missing from my menu. The only choice I have is "Glowing Edges".
View 1 Replies View RelatedIllustrator :: Drop Shadow Not Working?
Feb 20, 2013I just applied a drop shadow to a shape and then went to apply to another and suddenly it's not doing anything.
View 2 Replies View RelatedIllustrator :: Drop Shadow Increments?
Nov 27, 2012I am having trouble with my drop shadow increments. In a document that is 20 cm square, I have to set the drop shadow to 0.07, 0.07 and a blur of 0.08 and in a document 90 x 55 cm, the drop shadow is .2, .2 and blur .3. I thought it might be in my preferences General is cm, Stroke and Type .. Points. Using CS6.
View 9 Replies View RelatedIllustrator :: Create Drop Shadow Using PMS Color?
Sep 24, 2013I have a vector image of a truck. Colors will all be PMS. How do I create a drop shadow for the truck using a PMS color? I saw some responses online but they are either many years old or not as detailed. It looks like it may require a few steps, but not sure. The Effect>Stylize>Drop Shadow dialog menu only shows CMYK color options.
View 3 Replies View RelatedIllustrator :: CS4 - Any Way To Change Drop Shadow Thickness?
Jan 1, 2012In illustrator CS4, the stylize>drop shadow dialog does not have any options to increase the thickness of the drop shadow.
I need a thicker drop shadow to surround some text to get more separation between the text and the background.
A brute force method is to duplicate the text, make it thicker, blur it, then put it behind the original text. I'm hoping there's a more convenient way.
Illustrator :: Possible To Manually Cut Away Sections Of A Drop Shadow
Jan 13, 2014I want an 8 x 12 piece of art. In the process of creating the image, i had to use a drop shadow. However, some of the drop shadow that I dont care about ended up going over the 8" x 12". No problem right? I simply copied the object with the shadow, put the copy on top of the object, highlighted both and made a clipping mask. The end result was perfect -- it clipped off the drop shadow that was extending over the nice white border and even off into space.
However, when I tried to export into a jpeg for print, the result had the correct size white border on the top, but the other sides were too big. Sometimes I miss a stray dot or random line that is far off of the artboard, and deleting the stray stuff corrects everything. But this time everything was fine. I realized that although the clipping mask cut off the drop shadow, illustrator still registered the drop shadow as being a part of the image and taking up space. So the jpeg doesnt show it, but the deminsions are all off.
My question is whether there is a way to manually cut off parts of a drop shadow without using the clipping mask like I did.
Illustrator :: Can't Seem To Find Drop Shadow Effect In CS6
Dec 18, 2012can't seem to find the drop shadow effect in Illustrator CS6. I know it should be located until the Effect menu -> Stylize -> Drop Shadow, but the only option that appears under Stylize is Glowing Edges. I have also tried to access the drop shadow effect through the Appearance panel, but it doesn't show up their either
View 3 Replies View RelatedIllustrator :: CS6 - Crashes When Applying Drop Shadow?
Dec 10, 2012I am currently working on a mac mini with OS X 10.8.2 and version CS6 of Illustrator.
My problem is that everytime I try to preview or apply a drop shadow effect (Effects > Stylize > Drop Shadow...) it freezes.
I have done a lot of things to try and resolve this issue including quiting and restarting Illustrator. Restarting the computer. Reinstalling illustrator, which ended up being a temporary fix. I have a screen shot of the program of when I clicked on the Preview box (just insert the colorful spining wheel of death).
Illustrator :: Perfecting A Line Drop Shadow
Feb 20, 2013I'm looking to put together a product brochure similar to those found on this page: [URL] .....
I really like how the line dividers cast a subtle shadow but add depth like the page has been cut. (if that makes sense).
Whenever I try to do this myself, the shadow just doesn't look as good as what I see on websites.
How could I perfectly match the line style to those in the link above or attached?
Illustrator :: Setting A Drop Shadow To Overprint?
Aug 14, 2012Rather than drop shadows knock fuzzy holes in underlying separations, is there a way to set a Drop Shadoo to always overprint?
View 2 Replies View RelatedIllustrator :: Lines Around Image With Drop Shadow
Jan 31, 2013I am currently using Illustrator CS 5.1 and am having an issue with my PDF files. I have a graphic that I am building and when I import an image, place a clipping mask around it and then add a drop shadow to it, everything works fine and looks exactly as I want it on screen. However, when I save the document as a pdf, a hazy white line appears around the edges of the image.
However, the line is not on the clipping mask itself, instead it is on the square edges of the unmasked version of the image. So when I have 10 masked items on the page with drop shadows, I'm getting 10 faint white squares around each of the images which looks terrible.
Illustrator :: Move Offset - Drop Shadow To Left Rather Than Right
Aug 1, 2013I want to move a drop shadow to the left rather than the right. In Illustrator CS 5 I would enter a negative value in the offset boxes. In Illustrator CS6 and CC, the app won't let me put in a negative number. Is this an error or is there a new way to move the offset?
View 4 Replies View RelatedIllustrator :: Copy And Paste An Effect Such As Drop Shadow?
May 2, 2013I'm working in Illustrator CS5 and I want to know if it is possible to copy and paste an effect like a drop shadow. For example, let's say I create a document with some text which has a drop shadow on it and some without the effect. Next I create text in a different font with a different drop shadow effect (different settings for the drop shadow attributes). Later in the project I decide, I want to go back and add the first effect to several objects and/or text in my image. Is there a way to copy that effect and paste it in?
I know that I can go in and manually copy the settings of the effect I want to copy, add the effect to a new object, and then re-apply the effect from that point, but is there a way to simplify the process by just copying the effect?
Illustrator :: Drop Shadow Overprints From Photoshop Files?
Apr 26, 2013Is there a setting in illustrator to preview acrurately drop shadows at come from phostoshop? I seems some preview ok and others don't muliple over a color in illustrator. The photoshop files are set to overprint.
View 1 Replies View RelatedIllustrator :: How To Rotate Object And Drop Shadow 90 Degrees
Nov 23, 2012I have an object with a drop shadow. I want to rotate the object and the drop shadow 90 degrees. But when I rotate the object, the drop shadow does not rotate along with the object.
How to lock the drop shadow so that it will rotate with the object. p.s. I already know how to change the angle of the drop shadow.
Illustrator :: Drop Shadow Turns Into Glow When Applying Warp?
Jan 27, 2014I keep trying to apply the same drop shadow to warped text, but AI automatically makes the text glow instead of having the drop shadow. I have tried retyping the text, copying the text from another file, and expanding the appearance befor using the warp and to no avail-- it always turns my drop shadow into a glow.
View 1 Replies View RelatedIllustrator :: Graphic Style To Give Vector Drop Shadow
Jul 21, 2013Im ok with Illustrator but not brilliant. What Im looking for is a Graphic Style that I can just add/load into my CS5 version of Illustrator that when I select it will give me a vector drop shadow under text
I would be able to edit the style to suit my text but struggling to create one from scratch after following write-ups and videos for the last 24hours!
Realise there are easier ways to make drop shadows but I need the drop shadow to be scaleable up to large sizes in a vector format as well as the text
Illustrator :: Uneditable Type After Drop Shadow Effect Added?
Jul 12, 2013When I create text in Illustrator and add a drop shadow it becomes "unedtable"? CS 6 version
View 11 Replies View RelatedIllustrator :: Making JPG Image A Symbol - Drop Shadow Effect
Mar 26, 2013I have a jpg image that I use multiple times in an illustrator file, and I wanted to be more efficient by making it into a symbol. So I embedded the image, made it a symbol, then updated my Illustrator file, replacing the instances of that image with the symbol-version of the image. I then tried to add a drop shadow effect to one of those symbols. Although the effect was listed on the appearance menu, it didn't actually show up visibly on the screen. However, if I added a non-shadow effect to the symbol (e.g. blur .1 pixel) then added a drop shadow, the shadow would then appear. Oddly, I have other images that I have made into symbols where this problem does not occur. Perhaps it's some weird image format issue?
I've included a jpg export below, showing the problem. I've also put the original .ai file up on my Google docs folder here: [URL] ........
I'm using Illustrator CS6 trial version (16.0.3 64 bit). on a Win 8-64 laptop.
Illustrator :: Text Drop Shadow Falls Behind Backing Shape?
Nov 16, 2012I have 2 layers, a text layer on top, and a shape behind it. When I add a drop shadow to the text, the shadow shows up BEHIND the shape, instead of on it. If I choose mode "Multiply," then it shows up in front but is way too big.
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