Since Illustrator CS2, Adobe introduced live effects which are effects that can be applied to a selection, then tweaked at anytime after. One of the default effects is the popular drop shadow effect which is seen on practically every web page these days.

But the settings for the drop shadow effect are pretty limited and not as easy to use as in Photoshop.

The default settings place a huge shadow under your object and offer no granular way to tweak your shadow except to literally type the decimal values. In this tip I’ll show you alternative way to create even better drop shadows.

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