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Adobe Illustrator Help Transforming and Distorting Shapes
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To apply an inner or outer glow:
1 Select an object or group in the artwork, or target an item in the Layers palette. For
more information on targeting, see “
Changing the appearance of artwork using the Layers
palette” on page 223.
2 Choose Effect > Stylize > Inner Glow or Outer Glow.
3 Select Preview to preview the effect.
4 Choose a blending mode from the Mode menu. For more information, see “
About
blending modes” on page 196.
5 Click the color preview next to the blending mode menu to specify a color for the glow.
For more information, see “
Using the Color Picker” on page 169.
6 Specify the amount of transparency you want for the glow. For more information,
see “
Using the Transparency palette” on page 192.
7 If you are applying an inner glow, select a glow source option:
• Center to apply a glow that emanates from the center of the selection.
• Edge to apply a glow that emanates from the inside edges of the selection.
8 For Blur, enter the distance from the center or edge of the selection where you want any
blurring to occur.
9 Click OK.
Feathering edges
The Feather command softens the edges of an object (or rasters) by fading them to trans-
parent over the distance you specify.
This command is only available as an effect (see “
Using effects” on page 235.)
To make the edges of an object fade from opaque to transparent:
1 Select the object with the edges you want to feather.
2 Choose Effect > Stylize > Feather.
3 Select Preview to display a preview of the results.
4 For Feather Radius, enter the distance over which you want the change from opaque to
transparent to occur.
Creating line effects
Using the Zig Zag and Add Arrowheads commands, you can create wavy and zig zag
effects and add various arrowhead styles to lines.
You can apply these commands as a filter or as an effect (see “
Using effects” on page 235.)
The Zig Zag command adds anchor points to an existing object and then moves some of
the points to the left of (or upward from) the path and some to the right of (or downward
from) the path. You can specify the number of anchor points to create and the distance to
move them. You can also choose whether to create smooth anchor points for a wavy line
effect, or corner anchor points for a jagged line effect.
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