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Adding a drop shadow to a layer

Adding a drop shadow to a layer - Illustrator Tutorial

From the course: Illustrator CC 2017 One-on-One Fundamentals

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Adding a drop shadow to a layer

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- In this movie we'll set off the magnifying glass from it's 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. You should see, not only this orange square, which tells us that we have selected paths on this layer, but you also see a second circle around the first one which tell 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 choose Drop Shadow. That will bring up the Drop Shadow dialogue box. Now, by default, you're going…

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