Drop Shadows, Glows, And Feathering - Adobe ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Manual

Video filters and effects
The Video effects are raster-based and use the document's raster effects settings whenever you apply the effect to a
vector graphic. They are available only for documents in RGB color mode.
Smooths moving images captured on video by removing either the odd or even interlaced lines in a
De-Interlace
video image. You can choose to replace the discarded lines by duplication or interpolation.
Restricts the gamut of colors to those acceptable for television reproduction to prevent oversaturated
NTSC Colors
colors from bleeding across television scan lines.
See also
"Effects and filters quick reference" on page 426
To use texture and glass surface controls
Some effects and filters included in Illustrator have texturizing options, such as the Glass, Rough Pastels, Grain, and
Fresco effects. The texturizing options can make an object appear as though painted onto various textures, such as
canvas or brick, or viewed through glass blocks.
1 In the filter or effect's dialog box, choose a texture type from the Texture pop-up menu (if available), or choose
Load Texture (only available for Rough Pastels or Glass commands) to specify a file.
2 Set other options, if available:
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Drag the Scaling slider to enlarge or reduce the effect on the bitmap image's surface.
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Drag the Relief slider to adjust the depth of the texture's surface.
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From the Light Direction pop-up menu, choose the direction from which you want the light to appear.
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Select Invert to reverse the surface's light and dark colors.

Drop shadows, glows, and feathering

To create a drop shadow
Select an object or group (or target a layer in the Layers palette).
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2 Choose Effect > Stylize > Drop Shadow or Filter > Stylize > Drop Shadow.
Set options for the drop shadow (see "Drop Shadow options" on page 434), and click OK.
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See also
"About targeting" on page 420
"Selecting objects" on page 262
"About effects and filters" on page 423
Drop Shadow options
Specifies a blending mode for the drop shadow.
Mode
Specifies the percentage of opacity you want for the drop shadow.
Opacity
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