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--rick
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December 6, 2021
Question

outer glow problem

  • December 6, 2021
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I've attached a screen capture showing an unwanted outer glow problem. The glow effect is not smooth and this is only happening to the curved letters, straight letters seem fine. This is for a wall mural so the text is 12 inches tall. The problem changes as I change the size of the text and seems to go away when the text is about half this size. I've tried converting to outlines but the problem remains. I'd appreciate any suggestions on how to solve this. I'm using the latest version of illustrator on a brand new M1 laptop running macOS monterey. Thank you

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Monika Gause
Community Expert
Monika GauseCommunity Expert
Community Expert
December 6, 2021

This tends to happen with very large objects.

 

Can you try if if helps, when you don't use outerglow, but maybe create another fill for your object in the Appearance panel and then use Gaussian blur on it?

Met1
Met1
Legend
December 6, 2021

Did you actually export, or save as pdf and view the result?

How are you previewing your file, CPU or GPU?

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--rickAuthor
Known Participant
December 6, 2021

Thanks for the reply.  Yes, the problem continues in the pdf.

I don't know how to tell if it is CPU or GPU. Do I find that in apple's system preferences or in adobe illustrator preferences?

Met1
Met1
Legend
December 6, 2021

Second item under view (in Illy).

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