gradient shadow in illustrator
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- Fro928
This is probably real easy, but ill ask anyway...
I want to create a dropshadow with edges that fades from black to white in illustrator.
I tried making a gradient, but then the gradient didn't corresponded to my path. Then I thought Gradient Mesh but that didn't do the trick either. There must be an easy way to do this?
- jk_b0
You mean an ordinary drop shadow like Filter > Stylize > Drop Shadow or Effect > Stylize > Drop ... ? Just be aware of potential transparency problems when exporting to other formats/programs ...
- Fro9280
well yeah, but the thing i want is a gradient fill that corresponds with my form, like if i draw a hammer and want a shadow below that has the same form as the hammer but has a gradient from the center to the edges, anyone understand what iam tryin to say... hmm, kinda hard to explain this in a foreign language.
- jk_b0
Sounds like you should be using the Blend tool instead and blend from a small black hammer centered on top of a large white one ...
- Fro9280
Nah it cant be the blend tool, hey help me out here, this is must be so easy, you can see the effect everywhere for example here:
remember i want to do it i illustrator not photoshop.
- rasko40
its blending.