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- Applying a basic feather to the edges of an image
- Applying a gradient feather
- Adding a drop shadow to text
- Applying multiple effects to an object
- Editing and removing effects
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Applying multiple effects to an object
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Applying multiple effects to an object
You can apply several different types of transparency effects to an object. For example, you can create the impression that an object is embossed and that it has a glow around it by applying two transparency effects.
In this exercise, you’ll apply an embossed effect and an outer glow effect to the two semicircles on the page.
- Choose View > Fit Page In Window.
- Using the Selection tool (
),
select the Light Green–filled
semicircle in the upper-left
corner of the page. - At the bottom of the Effects
panel, click the FX button
(
),
and choose Bevel And Emboss
from the menu. - In the Effects dialog box, make sure that Preview is selected so that you can view the effects on the page. Then specify the following settings in the Structure section:
- Size: 0.3125 in
- Soften: 0.3125 in
- Depth: 30%
- Leave the rest of the settings as they are, and keep the Effects dialog box open.
- On the left side of the dialog box, click the check box to the left of Outer Glow to add an outer glow effect to the semicircle.
- Click the words Outer Glow to edit the effect, and specify these settings:
- Mode: Multiply
- Opacity: 80%
- Size: 0.25 in
- Spread: 10%
- Click the Set Glow Color box to the right of the Mode menu. In the Effect Color dialog box, make sure that Swatches is selected in the Color menu, choose Black from the list of colors, and then click OK.
- Click OK to apply the settings for the multiple effects.
- Double-click the Hand tool
(
)
to fit the page in the window. - In the Tools panel, select
the Selection tool ().
If the green semicircle in the
upper-left corner of the page
is not still selected, select
it now.
- With the Effects panel open,
drag the FX icon (
)
on the right side of the Object
level to the page and directly
on top of the green semicircle
in the lower-right corner. - In the Layers panel, click
the eye icon (
) to turn off
the visibility for the Art3
layer and then unlock the
Art2 layer. - Make sure the green semicircle
in the upper-left corner
of the page is still selected.
Drag the FX icon ()
from the Effects panel onto
the small gray circle above
and to the right of the fish
image.
- Choose File > Save.
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Next you will apply the same effects to the other semicircle on the page, simply by dragging the FX icon from the Effects panel to the semicircle.
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Figure 12.9 Dragging the FX icon onto the semicircle (left and center) yields the result seen here (right).
Now you will apply the same effects to the small gray circle on the page.