Re: FLASH: Drop shadows

[brzys]

Well sure Brian, easy! You have several options to do this, and it depends

on your background actually. You'll get the same results, but it will look

different depending on what's behind the drop shadow.


Take your vectored art, copy it, and if it's a complex (a lot of different

shapes put together to make of the 3D object) break it, select all and fill

it in with your desired shade of shadow. Now convert that into an object

called shadow. Depending on how complex your animation or still is,

determines how you will create the fade out. If it's small, I would suggest,

copying it and using an alpha shade to lighten up this shade just a touch,

and repeating this process, until it turns almost invisible on each

succession of the value of the shade. I would also put them in at an angle,

moving away from the 3D object as it fades. Preferably in the opposite

direction of the face of the 3D object. If it's a large file already, copy

the object, break it apart and create a series of shades in lighter values

as they fade out.


The different option for shading would be to create the shadow in the

complimentary color of 3D object. You can experiment with this idea. See

what you come up with, using the compliment or the adjacent color to the

compliment. i.e.: red and green, try green yellow, or reddish purple

(maroon).


It all depends on what you want to show Brian, if you want to pop it, or

make it subtle, should determine on which colors to use.


Warm colors pull you forward, cool colors make you recede. A blending of the

two allows the artist to achieve both on their terms.


cYa,


Mary Brzys


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Subject: FLASH: Drop shadows



> 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.

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> -Brian Matthews

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