Effect for achieving simple highlights

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August 10, 2023
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Does anyone know of a third party Illustrator plugin that will create simple effects like this? Kind of like Photoshop's Bevel & Emboss filter. I hate trying (and never succeeding) to achieve this with drop shadows and inner glows. Or is it possible to do this as a live effect already? If so, please show me how!

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Correct answer Kris Hunt

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Kris HuntAuthor

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You can use the same process to create a shadow bevel as well. And this is all live text!

Mario Arizmendi

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Kris HuntAuthorCorrect answer

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Monika Gause

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Cool!

Monika Gause

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Coro might have sort of a solution as graphic styles are concerned. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEEBipG3E8ZLnbGha2PIc1Q

Kris HuntAuthor

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This video looks like it might be just the thing, but I can't read the menus to know what he's selecting!

I tried running a screenshot of his Appearance palette through Google's image translator, but it didn't really help:

Maybe he knows some English and can reply to my comment, but otherwise... does anyone here speak Japanese?

Monika Gause

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You could try this: https://www.vektorgarten.de/illustrator-polyglott.html

Kris HuntAuthor

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I get this far:

But then if I add a Pathfinder > Subtract operation to try to subtract the black from the white, I get this, which not only doesn't work, but the result is completely inexplicable: