Exploring Creative Uses of Effects and Graphic Styles - Adobe Illustrator CC - page 633

3. Choose Object > Ungroup to ungroup the trumpet shapes.
Tip
In the Appearance panel, you can drag an attribute row, such as Drop
Shadow, to the Delete Selected Item button ( ) to delete it, or select the
attribute row and click the Delete Selected Item button.
Notice that the drop shadow is no longer applied to the trumpet group. When an ef-
fect is applied to a group, it affects the group as a whole. If the objects are no
longer grouped together, the effect is no longer applied.
4. Choose Edit > Undo Ungroup to regroup the artwork and apply the drop shadow
again.
Styling text with a Warp effect
Text can have all sorts of effects applied, including a Warp, like you saw in Lesson 7 , “ Ad-
ding Type to a Poster . ” Next, you will use a Warp effect to warp the date text. The differen-
ce between the Warp you applied in Lesson 7 and this Warp effect is that this Warp effect
can be turned on and off, edited, or removed easily.
1. With the Selection tool ( ) selected, select the text “May 10-17.”
2. Choose Effect > Warp > Flag.
3. In the Warp Options dialog box, to create an arcing effect, set Bend to 20% . Select
Preview to preview the changes. Try choosing other styles from the Style menu,
and then return to Flag. Try adjusting the Horizontal and Vertical Distortion sliders
to see the effect. Make sure that the Distortion values are returned to 0 , and then
click OK.