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Step 19: Create a movie clip and add a Blur filter
Click on the shirt shadow. Select Modify > Convert to Symbol. The Symbol Properties
dialog box appears. Type in shirt shading for the name. Make sure the type is set to
Movie clip. Click OK. Go to the Filters tab and add the Blur filter to the shadow movie
clip instance. Increase the Blur X and Blur Y factor to 10 (Figure 2.55).
Figure 2.55 The Blur filter creates the soft-shading effect.
Step 20: Copy and paste the shoulder fill into a new layer
Click on the Selection tool from the Tools palette. Select the filled shape in the shoul-
der layer and copy it (Edit > Copy). Create a new layer above the shirt shadow layer.
Rename it to Mask shirt . Paste the filled shape in place (Edit > Paste in Place). This
keeps the registration of the pasted shape consistent to the shoulders' color fill shape.
Step 21: Create a mask layer
Make sure that the Mask shirt layer is selected in the Timeline. On a Mac,
Control+click on the layer and select Mask. On a PC, right-click and select Mask. The
areas of shading that spilled out are now hidden.
Step 22: Save and test movie
This completes the exercise. Save your file. Select Control > Test Movie to see the final
results. To further enhance the composition, add some white highlights to the eyes.
Follow the same procedure from the previous exercise to create the highlights. See
Figure 2.44 for the completed look. The last exercise wraps up this chapter on illustrat-
ing depth cues. It continues to explore the filters to create a drop shadow.
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