A question came up in one the Silhouette Facebook groups about how to create a long shadow so I put together this mini-tutorial graphic. As you can see, it isn’t automatic, but not too difficult, especially when using an offset like this. I am posting it here in case it might be useful to some of you.
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kat schriber says
July 11, 2016 at 6:37 pmyou can also make a ‘long’ shadow by using the shear tool. i sheared my word just a bit, then did an external offset to .125 and sheared ‘just the offset’ to where i wanted the shadow.
Kay says
July 11, 2016 at 9:01 pmThanks for the reminder, Kat. For those that have DE, the shear tool is a great technique for creating cast shadows, which are a little different from this.
carol says
July 11, 2016 at 8:32 pmshort, sharp and sweet, thanks for the tutorial
Judy says
July 11, 2016 at 10:55 pmLove the tutorial. Brilliant! Thanks so much.
Chelsea Johnson says
July 12, 2016 at 11:11 amWow! Excellent tutorial! I will save this info for a time when I want to create this look. Thanks so much for sharing it with us!!
Sarah J says
September 1, 2016 at 1:36 amWhoa! My mind is blown!! Thank you.😀
linda says
November 4, 2016 at 6:42 pmI have a question. I saved an article the other day and now cannot find it. I have several files in silhouette I made and used but now when I try to open it pops up a block that says this file is not compatable. What can I do.
Kay says
November 4, 2016 at 10:01 pmThis is a bug. Contact support for instructions on how to fix it.
Tara says
August 18, 2017 at 12:59 pmI had no clue!! I have to say thank you, I have learned so much from watching your tutorials and happy to have found your blog!!!