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Subject: Re: FLASH: Drop shadows
From: Karin Christensen
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2000 03:58:02 +0100

I just discovered a way to make kind of blurry text drop shadows. I
copy the text, paste it underneath, make the new text black and
convert it to a symbol. Then I displace it down and right a few pixels
(so it looks like a drop shadow). Then I paste underneath that one
another copy of the just made symbol and move it down and right a few
pixels. Then I do this again underneath that symbol and displace this
one up and to the left. So you have one black one in the middle, and
one down and to the right and one up and to the left. Then I convert
those three symbols into another symbol which I called shadow. Then I
modify the shadow which consists of the three displaced black texts to
an alpha setting. The outside symbols will be a little lighter than
the inside because the three are overlapping. The overlapping area is
darker so you get kind of a fuzzy appearance. Modify curves, soften
edges causes big files on text so this works pretty well. This may not
make sense if not, let me know and I will try to clarify.
Karin

> Hey, anyone out there have any ideas on how to make blurry drop
shadows in
> Flash vector art?
>
> I'd like to spruce up the 3D-ness of a few things on a presentation,
and
> I've not run across any info in any of the tutorials I've seen or
any books
> on how to pull this off.
>
> Any info'd be helpful.
>
> -Brian Matthews
>



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