[Locked] Drop shadow rotation

Hi mikef928​ What you need to do is:

1. Select your BOX and apply the drop shadow to it. (keep it selected)
2. Locate the properties panel.
3. click on the FX Drop shadow option (see screen grab).
4. Apply your offset values and other properties within that panel.
5. select OK

Alternatively.

1. Get the shadow you want whilst the box is straight.
2. Select the box and either expand or rasterise the box. (the shadow and box become separate entities)

The problem with this is that is you enlarge the box and shadow then you will lose resolution of the shadow!

See the screen grab. Hope this helps!

Object>expand appearance

That works for rotating effects. maybe it works for shadows

Just make your X and Y offset unties negative numbers.

simply place the values ​​of X and Y shadow Negative and his shadow will be up to in connection to the 90 ° you want.

I usually will use expand, as for the logic behind this X, Y positioning, I understand it, but I find it rather draconic to offer just a "global" relative position option on shadows. For example, if you are designing a company logo, which Illustrator is used for as well, surely you would want

the shadows to stay relative to the logo if indeed they are part of that? Why a drop down option to render the shadow as either relative to the object or relative to a global light source / co-ordinate system cannot be included is beyond me. Or at least allow use of the

transform tool as an object relative transform tool for rotation and the normal pick tool transforms can be global (or co-ordinate) relative for rotation and scaling.

If you use the the "Rotate" option (Effect>3D>Rotate) after applying the drop shadow, the shadow will rotate with the object.