Reply To: Missing Drop Shadow in Links to other InDesign Files

No problem David. I’ll clarify.

File A (main file) links to file B (placed file). File B has text shadows/glows. File A has an drop shadow around the file B product. Most of the text effects of file B are inside the product, in other words, the frame file B is placed into has a drop shadow.

If I remove the drop shadow in file A, the shadows/glows in file B appear in inDesign as well as the exported PDF.

I did try adding shadow honors other effects, but it still gets rid of the drop shadow when exported from file A. Interestingly, file B has some white text with both a drop shadow and a white glow. The glow was present on the export but the shadow disappeared as mentioned.

As of right now, the options I can think of are:
1. Be okay that the shadows/glows aren’t present if a drop shadow is applied to file A.
2. Remove the drop shadow from file A.
3. Duplicate everything in file B on a new layer and add the exterior product shadow to file B (have a layer with a shadow and without a shadow for instances a product shadow isn’t needed). File B is used for all marketing collateral as well as assets for the website.
4. Create a Photoshop Path for everything in file B.