Grouping text and drop shadow properly

[shannon_8850]

Hi there,

I need to group my text and drop shadow so they are BOTH in front of the yelow image.   Right now, the drop shadow is behind the yellow image and the text is in front of the image......what am I doing wrong???

Thanks!

[Monika Gause]

Can you please show what's in the Layers panel?

[shannon_8850]

Yes thanks here you go.....I'm sorry I'm not super experienced.   I just can't figure out why the drop shadow is not on top of the image like the text is.........I capture the text (with shadow), go to arrange and bring to front and it's just not working like it always does.....I don't work with drop shadows alot though....or pay much attention to layers.....I'm missing something.....

[Monika Gause]

It's indeed quite weird. So maybe i is some kind of preview issue. But if View > Preview on CPU does not solve it, could you then perhaps share the AI file?

You would need to change the file extension to. pdf and then you can upload it in the forum.

[Jacob Bugge]

Shannon,

Can you show the Groups expanded, showing what is actually contained in each?

Unknown to most, it is quite easy to directly show images in posts, hence the following general suggestion:

Please show images by using the Insert Photos button (looks like moon over mountains) for each at the top of the reply box which makes everything appear right there in your post together with your text, rather than he more conspicuous Drag&drop attachment which requires helpers to open a new tab for each image and wait for its showing, then go back and forth; and if they just click it and wait for its showing and press the X to get back to the text, the image is gone so they have to open it again and wait to see it again.

[Kurt Gold]

In case this is a live drop shadow effect, what blending mode is set in the Drop Shadow dialog?

Does it change when you set it to "Normal", for example?

[Ton Frederiks]

I think Kurt is right, the Screen Blending mode for the Drop Shadow can cause this.

[Brad @ Roaring Mouse · Accepted solution]

Yup.  In fact, almost all of the effects other than Normal, Darken, or Multiply will do this