Adobe Illustrator CS3 - Manual (Page 368)

ILLUSTRATOR CS3
User Guide
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Video filters and effects
The Video effects are raster-based and use the document’s raster effects settings whenever you apply the effect to a
vector graphic. They are available only for documents in RGB color mode.
De-Interlace Smooths moving images captured on video by removing either the odd or even interlaced lines in a
video image. You can choose to replace the discarded lines by duplication or interpolation.
NTSC Colors Restricts the gamut of colors to those acceptable for television reproduction to prevent oversaturated
colors from bleeding across television scan lines.
See also
“Effects and filters quick reference” on page 354
Use texture and glass surface controls
Some effects and filters included in Illustrator have texturizing options, such as the Glass, Rough Pastels, Grain, and
Fresco effects. The texturizing options can make an object appear as though painted onto various textures, such as
canvas or brick, or viewed through glass blocks.
1 In the filter or effect’s dialog box, choose a texture type from the Texture pop-up menu (if available), or choose
Load Texture (only available for Rough Pastels or Glass commands) to specify a file.
2 Set other options, if available:
• Drag the Scaling slider to enlarge or reduce the effect on the bitmap image’s surface.
• Drag the Relief slider to adjust the depth of the texture’s surface.
• From the Light Direction pop-up menu, choose the direction from which you want the light to appear.
• Select Invert to reverse the surface’s light and dark colors.
Drop shadows, glows, and feathering
Create a drop shadow
1 Select an object or group (or target a layer in the Layers panel).
2 Choose Effect > Stylize > Drop Shadow or Filter > Stylize > Drop Shadow.
3 Set options for the drop shadow, and click OK:
Mode Specifies a blending mode for the drop shadow.
Opacity Specifies the percentage of opacity you want for the drop shadow.
X Offset and Y Offset Specifies the distance you want the drop shadow to be offset from the object.
Blur Specifies the distance from the edge of the shadow where you want any blurring to occur. Illustrator creates a
transparent raster object to simulate the blur.
Color Specifies a color for the shadow.
Darkness Specifies the percentage of black you want added for the drop shadow. In a CMYK document, a value of
100%, used with a selected object that contains a fill or stroke color other than black, creates a multicolored black