…Hi, I'm Mike Rankin, and welcome to InDesign Effects.…In this movie, we'll see how to create a fun effect, using gradient fills…and drop shadows, to make an object look like it's sitting on a shelf.…In this document, I've gone ahead and created some text in the Font Minion Pro.…And I also applied the bevel and eboss effect to give it some depth.…Now, to create the shelves to put this…text on, I'll start by creating a rectangle.…I'll take my rectangle tool, click in my document, and…I'll make this rectangle 625 pixels wide, by 20 pixels tall.…
And I'll use my swatches panel, to fill it…with the gradient that I created ahead of time.…So I'll select Swatches.…Apply Shelf Gradient to the fill, and I'll also target the stroke and remove it.…Now to apply the gradient vertically, so it looks like the light is…coming down from above, I'll first make sure that I'm targeting the fill.…So I'll click on that in the swatches panel.…Then press the G key on my keyboard, to get my Gradient tool.…And then just drag straight down from the top of the rectangle, to the bottom.…
Author
Updated
7/8/2014Released
8/4/2011Skill Level Intermediate
Duration
Views
Q: For some movies, why are there both INDD and IDML versions of the exercise files?
A: For CS4 and older versions of InDesign, please use the IDML exercise files.
Related Courses
-
InDesign Secrets
with David Blatner38h 45m Intermediate -
Deke's Techniques
with Deke McClelland155h 18m Intermediate -
InDesign CS6: Interactive Documents
with Mike Rankin5h 11m Intermediate
-
InDesign FX
-
005 Making Shiny Effects4m 46s
-
006 Producing Slime6m 22s
-
009 Building Better Bevels3m 16s
-
010 Punching Holes4m 26s
-
023 Exploring Satin Settings6m 56s
-
031 Drawing Star Bursts6m 7s
-
038 Drawing 3D Banners3m 23s
-
046 Creating Burnt Edges6m 26s
-
049 Simulating Liquid2m 48s
-
051 Making Peeling Stickers5m 42s
-
053 Creating 3D arrows3m 37s
-
060 Creating speech bubbles2m 41s
-
063 Creating picture frames3m 24s
-
065 Creating photo corners3m 44s
-
067 Making 3D type3m 15s
-
068 Making a 3D object5m 13s
-
070 Mocking up a film strip4m 53s
-
072 Simulating chalk3m 7s
-
077 Setting text vertically2m 51s
-
083 Building a puzzle2m 16s
-
090 Combining stroke styles2m 11s
-
091 Making a bottle cap1m 47s
-
093 Creating custom frames2m 11s
-
094 Making trading cards4m 43s
-
097 Creating a rust effect1m 44s
-
098 Creating sparkle1m 54s
-
099 Double beveling text2m 24s
-
102 Creating stained glass2m 53s
-
103 Bobbling a photograph4m 47s
-
105 Creating a blue ribbon12m 58s
-
106 Putting items on a shelf6m 11s
-
Welcome to InDesign FX2m 39s
- Mark as unwatched
- Mark all as unwatched
Are you sure you want to mark all the videos in this course as unwatched?
This will not affect your course history, your reports, or your certificates of completion for this course.
CancelTake notes with your new membership!
Type in the entry box, then click Enter to save your note.
1:30Press on any video thumbnail to jump immediately to the timecode shown.
Notes are saved with you account but can also be exported as plain text, MS Word, PDF, Google Doc, or Evernote.
Share this video
Embed this video
Video: 106 Putting items on a shelf