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1. #Adobe illustrator 2015 get rid of drop shadow how to
2. #Adobe illustrator 2015 get rid of drop shadow software

Although it will never be as smooth and buttery as a Photoshop drop shadow, it certainly can be close and it should look a lot better than a hard-edged shadow (unless that is the desired effect, of course). It should be possible to see how this effect could work for a feathered drop shadow.

#Adobe illustrator 2015 get rid of drop shadow software

This is how blend works, much as the vector animation software Flash, creates a tween. The simple example below shows a green stroked circle blending to a larger blue stroked square in five steps. To achieve a vector drop shadow, I use Illustrator’s ‘Blend’ effect, which essentially uses two paths and blends between them using a number of specified parameters. This was the case for a recent custom icon design project that I had the good fortune to be involved with, which required XAML vector custom icons, and which partially inspired this post. Another scenario is for software or applications that can only utilise vector artwork, such as the XAML Icon format. Maintaining a completely vector file when designing icons is particularly important when the client wishes to use them for Print and therefore scale them up.

In other words, the vector object will scale perfectly but the raster drop shadow will not, giving a pixelated, ‘blocky-looking’ effect when zoomed in or enlarged. However, I find the effect can be a little clunky to work with because the shadow effect is rendered as a raster object so you lose the benefit of scalable vector loveliness when the file is opened anywhere except in its native Illustrator.

#Adobe illustrator 2015 get rid of drop shadow how to

This article looks at how to keep your Illustrator files ‘fully’ vector and still create an attractive vector Drop Shadow effect.įor any icon designer it’s a straight-forward process to create a nice, feathered, transparent drop shadow in Photoshop, and the same process can be followed in Illustrator too by using the ‘Effect -> Stylize -> Drop Shadow’ command.