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Hi,
Creating a drop shadow off of regular text, but the drop shadow comes out very "pixelated" and not smooth at all.
The view mode is not in pixel preview or anything.
Took a screenshot of the screen.
Anyone have a clue why it's like this?
Regards,
Mario
Mario,
Have you tried increasing your Effect>Document Raster Effect Settings?
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Mario,
Have you tried increasing your Effect>Document Raster Effect Settings?
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You're a magical man, my friend.
Thank you!
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You are welcome, Mario.
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Thanks a lot, i was struggling to find the right solution, you are indeed a magic wizard
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You are welcome, Natalia.
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Jacob Bugge: Dispensing magic since 2010
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thx jacob bugge
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Thanks Jacob, I was too lazy to search for the first course in learning illustrator, but in the second course I came up again with drop shadow class and I finally searched it overcoming laziness and in the first click I got my answered, thanks again
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Thanks Jacob, still invaluable advice more than 7 years later!
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Hello Jacob! What do you mean by increasing the Document Raster Effects Settings? the Resolution or the "Add: 36 px Around Object"? Thanks in advance!
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that would be the Resolution.
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OMG. I have had this issue for over a year and only thought to google it today.
You are my hero! Thank you, past-Jacob.
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You are welcome, breeh.
And thank you for your kind words, and for keeping The Pixelated Drop Shadow thread (a)live.
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Bless your heart. 12 years later and you saved my butt during a late-night last minute design project. May your wisdom live on for another decarde+ to come!
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Thank you for your kind words, Aaron.
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Thanks
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You are welcome, Mawibe, jough, alabir, imrann.
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I'm from the year 2020 here. This decade-old post helped me out too 🙂
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The Pixelated Drop Shadow thread lives.
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And it is still alive here at the end of 2021. I encountered this issue on my work computer and was going to un and reinstall Illustrator to fix it. I will check that out when I log on to it again.
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I hope you will report your findings, revanchist.
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and now into 2022! #longlivethepixelateddropshadowthread
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Indeed, kalipostin.
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Yep, 2022 and it saved another life. Thank you!