From the course: Illustrator 2020 One-on-One: Fundamentals
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Adding a drop shadow to a layer - Illustrator Tutorial
From the course: Illustrator 2020 One-on-One: Fundamentals
Adding a drop shadow to a layer
- [Instructor] In this movie, we'll set off the magnifying glass from its background by assigning this drop shadow to an entire layer. And while this is a little bit conceptually extravagant at this point, it's actually really easy to pull off. So I'm going to go ahead and switch back to our document so far, and I'm going to click on the angled layer to select it. And then what I want you to do is notice this little circle right over here in the right-hand column. That allows you to target that specific item, and in this case what we're going to do is target this entire layer by clicking on that circle. And you should see not only this orange square which tells us that we have selected paths on this layer, but you'll also see a second circle around the first one which tells us that the layer has been targeted. All right, now what I want you to do is go up to the Effect menu, choose Stylize, and then chose Drop Shadow.…
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And now, we draw better1m 40s
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Creating a time-saving template5m 18s
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Using the Ellipse tool7m 43s
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Live ellipses and pies4m 44s
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Drawing two perfectly aligned circles8m 22s
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Adding some simple reflections7m 50s
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Adding a drop shadow to a layer2m 54s
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