How do I remove the white background in shadow (mesh)

[luvlethalwhites]

I purchased some shadows from Adobe Stock but I am having a problem with exporting them. When exporting, I want a fully transparent shadow, but the white within the actual mesh (shadow) stays. Is there a way to either export without the white background? Or how do I remove it within the file? These shadows are labeled as "mesh" which I am not familiar with. My Illustrator skills are not the greatest, I'll admit. I primarily use PS and DW.

Here is a shadow as it appears when I first open up the file.

NOTE: The checkered background is actually an image. So I find that layer and turn it off.

Next, I see this:

Here is a screenshot of the shadow when I click on it. In the Layers panel, it is labeled <mesh>:

After I export as a transparent .png, this is what I get.

How do I get rid of the white?

Additionally, I have a separate question... is there a way I can contact an Adobe Stock contributor? I thought I'd contact he person that created the file directly, but I am unable to find a way to contact them.

I have also attached the file in addition to the screenshots in this question.

Please help. Thanks!

Michelle Line

[Monika Gause]

To get rid of that you can use the simple method and just set the whole thing to Multiply in the transparency panel.

Or select the single mesh points, set them to black and then reduce their opcaity.

[luvlethalwhites]

Thank you. I tried the Multiply and it didn't work. And I don't know enough about Illustrator to do the "select single mesh points" option.

When I leave the checkered background visible, then I don't get the white within the shadow when I export all images - but I do see the checkered background.

I don't understand why this checkered background layer is added. I'm assuming it is to show people that these are transparent images, but this still doesn't make sense to me. I purchased something like 4 different files of shadows and I can't use any of them.

Is there a way I can contact the contributor directly and ask him (or her)?

[Monika Gause]

The checkered background needs to be there, because blend modes only work when there is a background behind it.

How do you intend to use it?

To make your own shadows that are transparent and do not use White:

Start with a stroke

Apply a gradient

Take the width tool and double click on the stroke

Edit the wdith

Object > Expand appearance

Here is a video (in German, sorry) https://youtu.be/KHNVYxjQo6Y

[luvlethalwhites]

Thanks! I'll give it a try. As I previously mentioned, Illustrator isn't my forte. I use Photoshop a lot and Dreamweaver.

Do you know what I need to do with the files I downloaded from Adobe Stock? If I leave in the checkered background, what do I do to get a fully transparent .png of the shadows?

What I use them for is to place immediately under an image in a website to give some 3-dimensionality to the image. Makes it pop out more.

[Monika Gause]

Editing the existing ones will get tedious. Like this: https://youtu.be/U-lxz3FPCK4