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? asked in Computers & InternetProgramming & Design · 9 years ago

Merge paths in Adobe Illustrator CS5?

I'm using Adobe Illustrator CS5 and I have several shapes in the same layer, but when I use the "Drop Shadow" effect, one shape drops a shadow on the other. I've tried going Effect>Pathfinder>Merge, Add, Intersect, but I still get the shadow drop overlap. How do I avoid this? I want it to appear as one shape, all dropping one shadow on the background. Thanks.

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  • Tanja
    Lv 7
    9 years ago
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    Select the two shapes, go to Window>Pathfinder and in the bottom Pathfinders row click on Merge.

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