In this Illustrator how-to video, Khara Plicanic shows how easy it is to create and manipulate drop shadows. After setting her perfect drop shadow, she then saves it as a graphic style to easily apply the look to other objects. Lastly, Khara shows how to make a change to an object and get the graphic style to update all other objects with that style.
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This article was last modified on August 29, 2025
This article was first published on August 14, 2024
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