How to separate "Drop Shadow" effect from an object's appearance in Illustrator?

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November 12, 2017
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Hi mates! Is there any way to create a different layer out of "Drop Shadow" effect in Illustrator? So, basically I need some shortcut way to have a shadow of an object separated from that object. Thanks in advance and have a nice day! (:

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Correct answer Monika Gause

Are you referring to expanding the appearance?

It will convert the shadow to a raster image and separate it from the object.

Ton Frederiks

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If you want only the drop shadow and keep the effect live, try this:

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arturs73452037Author

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This one (Ton's first comment) seems to be interesting, but I'm stuck on the third step, cause if I'm changing the Fill Opacity to 0% then all the shadows just disappear too.