hi guys, a few of you have been asking how i make my shadows ~ its really simple.


step one:

draw a Circle dont worry about the fill just yet


step two:
delete the outline of the circle and change the fill to radial


step three:

on the color tab change both of the gradient fills to #00000


step four:
change the alpha of the left gradient color to 50% and the right to 0%


you should now have a circle that looks like this:


step five:

shrink it down to an oval shape


step six: convert it to a symbol with an apropriate name (such as green_stick_shdow)


finally place the shadows on the bottem layer (unless there is a background) play around with the positioning of the shadows and remember these factors ~ direction of light and distance from floor.




for use on a colored background, copy the same color codes as the floor, and make it a bit darker and put them in place of #00000

here is an example

That is cool, ill use it in my next anim.

nice, simple but very useful, nice ;)

nice effect and simply to make :D

Cool, I liked it, I'll try it in an upcoming animation :D

kool tut. a lot of ppl didnt know that

Oh thanks, its good to know more techniques, thanks a lot

Nice will use it for sure...

Simple and good looking, i'll use it next time.

very good tutorial

Awesome tut bro

Thanks for this, these simple shadows look great.

simple, easy to follow. what more could you ask for really? :)

lo,l i thought everyone knew this, don't you guys watch zetabrand ?