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- Alright, when we last left

off, our shadows were leaking



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outside of our cube of cubes.



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What we want is for the

individual cubes to cast shadows



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onto each other, but

not out into the void.



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And so the solution is gonna be



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to create three levels of cubes.



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One that conveys the bright glow,



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another that casts the shadows,



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and then a third that

serves as a clipping mask.



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And so I'll go ahead and switch

over to my documents so far,



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and I'll click on one of the purple cubes



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to select the entire group.



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And then I'll hide the

other ones by going up



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to the Object menu, choosing Hide,



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and choosing All Artwork Above,



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which will make the red, green,

and blue cubes disappear.



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Alright now we want to

create a copy of these guys



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by going up to the Edit menu

and choosing the Copy command,



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or you can prease Control+C

or Command C on the Mac.



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Now you want to go over

to the Appearance panel,



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which for me is still on screen

in the lower left corner.



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And I'll double click on

the word Contents in order



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to switch focus to the mid level groups,



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which are the cubes themselves, and now



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I'll grab that outer glow that I applied



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in the previous movie, and

I'll click on the Trash icon



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in the bottom right corner

of the Appearance panel



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in order to get rid of them.



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And now, as you can see,

we have a clean glow



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on the outside of the cube of cubes,



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but we don't have any shadows in between.



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Alright now I'll bring back

the original purple cubes,



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the ones I just copied, by

going up to the Edit menu,



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and choosing Paste In

Front, or you can press



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Control+F or Command F on a Mac,



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and this time around we want

get rid of the glow right there



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by clicking on the outer

glow effect that's assigned



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to the top level group,

and then again clicking



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on the Trash icon in

the bottom right corner



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of the Appearance panel.



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Alright now I press Control+Shift+A,



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or Commend Shift A on the Mac,



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in order to deselect my artwork.



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Now the good news is we're

no longer shoving out



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that bright glow effect

with the dark glows,



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but instead we have the

dark glows layered on top,



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which also is not what we want.



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And so what we need is a

clipping mask in the form



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of the cubes themselves,



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and so I'll go ahead and press Control+F,



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or Command F on the Mac, in order to paste



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another copy of those cubes.



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Again we don't want the bright

glow effect right there,



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so go ahead and click on it here



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inside the Appearance

panel, and then click



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the Trashcan icon in

order to get rid of it.



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And then what you wanna do is go up



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to the Window menu and

choose the Pathfinder command



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to bring up the Pathfinder panel.



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And then just go ahead and

click on that first icon



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in the first row, Unite, in

order to fuse all those shapes



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into one.



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And now you can hide the Pathfinder panel.



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Alright we want to be

able to select the cubes



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in the background, and

the easiest way to do that



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is to get rid of the fill by clicking



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in this first color swatch

up here in the control panel,



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and selecting it to None,

which isn't gonna cause us



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any problems because in the next step,



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we're gonna lose our

Fill and Stroke anyway,



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and now what you wanna do is Shift click



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on that top level of

cubes in the background,



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the one that's conveying the shadows,



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so that both the United

shape and those cubes



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are selected, and then

go to the Object menu,



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choosing Clipping Mask and choose Make.



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And you will end up with

this stunning effect



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right here, after which

point you can bring back



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the hidden cubes by going

to the Object menu and



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choosing Show All, or you

have that keyboard shortcut



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of Control+Alt+3 or Command

Option 3 on the Mac.



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Now the problem is that

I went ahead and pasted



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these other shapes in front,

and so these other cubes



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are in the background.



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That's easily resolved,

however, by right clicking



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anywhere inside the document window,



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choosing Arrange, and

choosing Bring to Front,



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or you have that keyboard shortcut



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of Control+Shift+[ or

Command Shift [ on the Mac,



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and then you can deselect your artwork



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just by clicking off of it.



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And that's how you clip

one or more dynamic effects



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inside the objects to

which they were applied



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in the first place here

inside Illustrator.