In this week’s CreativePro video, Mark Heaps shows off a tip for quickly making long shadows on text using the Appearance panel. He also demos a quick way to apply stying to multiple objects. The best part is that the styled text remains live and editable!
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This article was last modified on August 29, 2025
This article was first published on August 27, 2019
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