Beginners illustrator question
frankie (41 points) | Sun, 2006-06-04 17:07Hi, I can't seem to find an inner shadow effect in illustrator that is found in photoshop. Does illustrator have an inner shadow plug in? If so, where?
Thanks,
Frankie
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Effect > Stylize > Inner Glow
Thanks, but im not looking for an inner glow effect, looking for an INNER SHADOW effect, the same one that is used in photoshop.
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oh how constructive you are. instead of moking the person, wasting our time readng your post, why don't you give a useful answer. it can't be that damn hard now is it.
as for an answer, it is done by inner glow, you'll just have to change the way it does it and the color, not to mention it partially depends on what you're trying to do.. post a picture if you can
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A typo in a constructive comment is far from being condescending like your comments are. It’s sadly comments such as yours that degrade the integrity of good forums and sites such as this one. Instead of being so immature and calling someone a “noob” why not provide something of use to the community as a whole?
(Which reminds me, I've yet to find a single dictionary that recognizes "noob" as part of the English language. And NO, just cause Wikipedia has it, it doesn't mean it's proper English)
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how would I go about tweaking inner glow to make an inner shadow effect? I spent some time playing with it with no luck in creating an inner shadow effect similar to photoshop.
post a picture of what you're trying to accomplish
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i didnt take the time to pick the greatest font, but hopefully this gives you an idea. (attached at the top)
Theres a way. OK if it's text you want to apply this effect to, First create a shape object and use a fill color. Then create your text, and while your text is still selected goto menu item Text Create Outlines. Then select both objects and use the Pathfinder tool and knockout the text from the shape object. Apply a Drop Shadow to the resulting object. See sample below.
What pathfinder tool should I use exactly? Should I apply a drop shadow to the background and text, or text by itself.
Sorry I'm a beginner.
With the text outlines above the box, select both the box and the text and go to Object>Compund Path>Make Compound Path (command-8). This will knock the text out of the box.
Or, you can edit the inner glow to use another color/blend mode. You won't have the offset like a drop shadow, though.
Or, copy/paste the text outlines from Illustrator to Photoshop as a shape layer. Then you'll have inner shadows, bevels, whatever you feel the need to add.
using this method "With the text outlines above the box, select both the box and the text and go to Object>Compund Path>Make Compound Path (command-8). This will knock the text out of the box."
What would I do next?
Thanks
The solution above may not work in all situations, it does not actually produce an inner shadow effect, it only produces the effect on an object already created. That said, how to make the above example:
Step 1: Make a black box with a drop shadow.
Step 2: Create a text layer that says "TEST" and put it on top of the black box
Step 3: Select your type and Type>Create>Outlines (Shift-Ctrl-O)
Step 4: Select both the text and the box
Step 5: Object>Compound Path>Create (rt click, create compound path in CS2)
Good luck!
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anybody????
someone please help this desperate individual...i would but i only know and use ms paint.
No you wouldn't, because you don't know squat. Sitting on yer noob keister and acting like you know the answer (when you obviously don't) doesn't impress. Sorry, just thought someone should send your pubescent, moronic, tough-guy image a reality check.
2nd post - I plan on making my 3rd an illustrated (no pun intended) answer to the original question. As usual with Illustrator there's more than one way to skin a cat, so my answer is going to make the vector purists happiest. I try to avoid filters wherever possible, but I will include the option.
p.s.
Never noticed just how old the thread was =)
I was looking for an answer to this question and got googled to this joint - and ended up grinding out my own answer anyway.