Either make the shadow in Illustrator; or use a Layer Mask and layer Style in Photoshop (rather than a Clipping path).
….to clarify Ann’s 2nd suggestion, forget the clipping path, make sure your file has a transparent background (checkerboard), save as .psd and place that in Illy.
thanks. my boss hates it when we use psd files…is this the only way?
Tell your boss to join the modern age.
Is the shadow printing over the top of other objects? All in all it depends on the artwork. One thing I used to do was to save an eps file in Ps that would contain only the clipping path and 4c image, and then save a separate grayscale file for the shadow that had the noise and dithering that I liked. I then put them together in Illustrator on different layers depending on what needed to be over what.
I use eps with clipping path, but this is for use on a white background only. First, make a standard clipping path which you can then use to select the image, reverse the selection, and then delete the background to white. Create your shadows and then flatten the image. Copy the path and name it ‘path w/shadow’ and pull the path away from the object so it runs around the object shadow(s.) Save as eps with clipping. Also save your original ps file in a safe place for future reference and possible modification if needed.
Works well on white, keeps your boss happy, and you can use the original path to make an eps which clips the entire item with no shadow for knockout over other placed images or backgrounds.
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It’s placed on another image, so I think I’ll take John’s advice 🙂
thanks you all!
Which was based on mine, for heaven’s sake!
Just to clarify
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It’s like the running of the bulls in here sometimes.
If you’ll want film or plates made from that, you better ask your bureau.
Use inDesign (or Quark : )
I like the dithered black shadow solution, but I don’t dither, I halftone. (don’t do this at home : )
Not QXP. Not if you want transparent shadows.
Halftones are transparent : )
Indeed.
But why take the hard road when you could use CS?
I suggested InDesign first (though I never used it) and Quark second (though I used it for this very reason, hundreds of times : )
