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1. Re: Drop shadow scale - a wish since years for InDesign developper
Eugene Tyson Jul 6, 2011 9:09 AM (in response to corinne w.)This is a user to user forum - unlikely any one from Adobe will read it.
You can put a feature request here - which is read by staff at Adobe
https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform
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2. Re: Drop shadow scale - a wish since years for InDesign developper
Stix Hart Jul 6, 2011 1:09 PM (in response to corinne w.)You can also go to here to vote for it.
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3. Re: Drop shadow scale - a wish since years for InDesign developper
P Spier Jul 6, 2011 2:20 PM (in response to corinne w.)I find myself unable to not give the rant again...
This behavior is CORRECT. Scaling of shadows changes the viewer's perception of how far off the page they are located. Does the height above the page relate to the surface area of the object?
Out here in the real world, the size of a shadow is related to how tall an object is, not how far across it is from edge to edge. If I stand in the sun and jump up and down, before I pass out my shadow will change length.
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4. Re: Drop shadow scale - a wish since years for InDesign developper
Stix Hart Jul 6, 2011 2:44 PM (in response to P Spier)P Spier wrote:
I find myself unable to not give the rant again...
I had to laugh when I saw that! How about logos...
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5. Re: Drop shadow scale - a wish since years for InDesign developper
P Spier Jul 7, 2011 6:15 AM (in response to Stix Hart)Stix Hart wrote:
I had to laugh when I saw that! How about logos...
How about them?
Shadows are shadows and they ALWAYS convey information about the height above the surface on which they are cast, relative to the angle of the light source. That's physics (Can you tell I was once a physics major).
If you want the shadow to scale with the logo, add it as part of the logo and place the file with the shadow.
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6. Re: Drop shadow scale - a wish since years for InDesign developper
corinne w. Jul 7, 2011 8:08 AM (in response to Eugene Tyson)many thanks for this link !!
I will use it in the futur, have some more ideas ;-))
best regards
corinne
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7. Re: Drop shadow scale - a wish since years for InDesign developper
corinne w. Jul 7, 2011 8:09 AM (in response to Stix Hart)thanks you too !!
applied for it ;-))
best regards
corinne
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8. Re: Drop shadow scale - a wish since years for InDesign developper
corinne w. Jul 7, 2011 8:15 AM (in response to P Spier)I make drop shadows in InDesign.
When I have a big object with a big drop shadow and I'm scaling this object into a little object I need a little drop shadow ;-)
best regards
corinne
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9. Re: Drop shadow scale - a wish since years for InDesign developper
P Spier Jul 7, 2011 10:03 AM (in response to corinne w.)Don't get me wrong, I understand that many designers want to have shadows and effects scale with the object, and I even think it's appropriate for things like glows to scale. I'm just pointing out that in the natural world human beings depend on shadows to give them a sense of relaive distance and height, and that's burned into our brains.
If you you want to understand this, take four identical blocks and arrange them as a grid, touching one another, then get a light source and cast a shadow on the table. To simulate the effect of scaling, remove all but the bottom right block (assuming the light is on the upper left someplace). The shadow will not shrink towards the block.
Now stack the blocks and cast a shadow. Remove the blocks one at a time. The shadow will shrink slightly with each block you remove.
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10. Re: Drop shadow scale - a wish since years for InDesign developper
corinne w. Jul 8, 2011 3:10 PM (in response to P Spier)thanks for your scientific answer ;-))
but it not change my wish ;-))
Sometimes a scaled drop shadow "eat" his object and when the drop shadow is too big the design looks not naturally.
best regards
corinne
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11. Re: Drop shadow scale - a wish since years for InDesign developper
Mr. Andersson Sep 9, 2014 2:25 AM (in response to corinne w.)It looks like this is finally fixed in InDesign CC 2014. The general setting "scale effects" in the top right corner is affecting drop shadows too now.




