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flash (macromedia) : Drop Shadow from Hell

Flash Gordon
4/28/2005 12:00:00 AM

For basic square shadows, create a 10x10 shape that fades from 100% black to
0% black; that's your straight edge. Then create a corner that does the same
(two triangles is easiest.) It takes a while to set up the corner piece, but
once you have, you can snap the corners in place and stretch the edges to
fit pretty quickly: http://www.turn-keybenefits.com/

With a little tweaking, you can create realistic shadows for irregular
shapes: http://www.certificationcruises.com/

Jeremy

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aluxelocochon NO[at]SPAM yahoo.com
4/28/2005 11:22:36 AM

Hi everybody,

I hate flash for not providing an easy way to make a drop shadow.

So I followed the advice of some people here and made and object under
the object and applied shape/soften fill edges. I did get softer edges
but whatever combination I do I can't seem to get a bigger shadow more
like a glow with a bigger blur, it seems all I can do is soften the
edges in the first pixels of the border, not like in photoshop where
you can specify the amount of blur to create a sort of dark glow if you
want.

So what I ended up doing is to import a photoshop file into flash with
just the shadow I need. I this a bad idea? I am worried that this will
increase the size of the flash file significantly and what I am doing
is for the web so I need to keep it small.

And suggestions or sympathy?

Aluxe

aluxelocochon NO[at]SPAM yahoo.com
4/28/2005 1:51:07 PM

great advice, thanks a lot.

Flash Gordon
4/28/2005 8:12:51 PM

np let me know how it works out

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