1 00:00:00.05 --> 00:00:02.04 - [Instructor] There are also effects that you can add 2 00:00:02.04 --> 00:00:05.02 to text and graphics to really work in your favor. 3 00:00:05.02 --> 00:00:08.04 In this case, this text is getting a little lost up here, 4 00:00:08.04 --> 00:00:10.00 so what I can do is I can select it. 5 00:00:10.00 --> 00:00:11.07 And, again, right over here, 6 00:00:11.07 --> 00:00:14.02 under Appearance I can change the appearance. 7 00:00:14.02 --> 00:00:17.06 Sure, I can make it transparent, whatever the case may be, 8 00:00:17.06 --> 00:00:19.08 but in this case I want to add a drop shadow 9 00:00:19.08 --> 00:00:22.09 just to make this stand out more. 10 00:00:22.09 --> 00:00:25.08 In fact, I never go with a black drop shadow. 11 00:00:25.08 --> 00:00:27.02 I usually tint it a color. 12 00:00:27.02 --> 00:00:29.06 So we'll just tint it this dark blue. 13 00:00:29.06 --> 00:00:34.00 And not only that, we can increase the opacity, right? 14 00:00:34.00 --> 00:00:36.01 So I can make it more opaque. 15 00:00:36.01 --> 00:00:37.01 You can see that happening. 16 00:00:37.01 --> 00:00:39.02 And then what about the spread? 17 00:00:39.02 --> 00:00:43.00 Well, right down here, this is the offset, the X and Y. 18 00:00:43.00 --> 00:00:45.08 So, if I just go ahead and move that off to the side, 19 00:00:45.08 --> 00:00:47.03 you can see how that goes. 20 00:00:47.03 --> 00:00:49.05 Pressing the up and down arrows, 21 00:00:49.05 --> 00:00:50.09 I can make sure that's zero. 22 00:00:50.09 --> 00:00:53.01 The Y, I can make that zero. 23 00:00:53.01 --> 00:00:55.01 The B is going to be the blur effect. 24 00:00:55.01 --> 00:00:57.06 So how much of a blur do I want for this? 25 00:00:57.06 --> 00:01:01.04 So I'm changing this from a shadow to essentially a glow 26 00:01:01.04 --> 00:01:04.09 just to make this sort of stand out more. 27 00:01:04.09 --> 00:01:06.06 And that looks pretty good. 28 00:01:06.06 --> 00:01:09.00 Now, I'm going to go beyond that as well. 29 00:01:09.00 --> 00:01:11.08 So check this out, I absolutely love this. 30 00:01:11.08 --> 00:01:15.08 What I'm thinking is what I'd like to do 31 00:01:15.08 --> 00:01:19.03 is really make this logo stand out more as well. 32 00:01:19.03 --> 00:01:21.03 So, I'm just going to increase the size 33 00:01:21.03 --> 00:01:23.00 of the logo a little bit. 34 00:01:23.00 --> 00:01:24.06 Increasing the size. 35 00:01:24.06 --> 00:01:28.03 And I'm going to draw an ellipse, okay, 36 00:01:28.03 --> 00:01:30.02 because I'm going to put this ellipse actually 37 00:01:30.02 --> 00:01:34.00 behind that logo, okay, 'cause I want to create a blur effect. 38 00:01:34.00 --> 00:01:36.05 So, whatever shape you have selected, 39 00:01:36.05 --> 00:01:39.01 with it selected you can go down here to Background Blur. 40 00:01:39.01 --> 00:01:41.08 So turning that on and turning off the border, 41 00:01:41.08 --> 00:01:43.07 you can see that it's going to blur out 42 00:01:43.07 --> 00:01:45.08 whatever it is on top of. 43 00:01:45.08 --> 00:01:48.02 So this is really fantastic. 44 00:01:48.02 --> 00:01:49.05 I'm going to go to my layers panel. 45 00:01:49.05 --> 00:01:52.06 I'm going to make sure this Ellipse is underneath 46 00:01:52.06 --> 00:01:54.06 what is actually just called Group. 47 00:01:54.06 --> 00:01:57.01 There we go, just underneath that Logo_white. 48 00:01:57.01 --> 00:01:58.08 Doesn't really matter in this case, 49 00:01:58.08 --> 00:02:02.01 but I could move this over and position it accordingly 50 00:02:02.01 --> 00:02:04.06 and make it a little smaller like that. 51 00:02:04.06 --> 00:02:08.03 Not only that, I can make it less blurry or more blurry, 52 00:02:08.03 --> 00:02:10.01 and I can brighten or darken it. 53 00:02:10.01 --> 00:02:13.00 So now I can make this a little darker like that. 54 00:02:13.00 --> 00:02:18.01 And now I can read Colorado Fourteeners much easier, 55 00:02:18.01 --> 00:02:23.01 all using that nice Background Blur underneath Appearance. 56 00:02:23.01 --> 00:02:25.04 And lastly, you'll notice that I'm adding these 57 00:02:25.04 --> 00:02:27.07 appearance effects, if you will, 58 00:02:27.07 --> 00:02:29.05 to make sure the content stands out. 59 00:02:29.05 --> 00:02:31.06 I'm not just adding it just to make it look pretty. 60 00:02:31.06 --> 00:02:34.02 It's really for legibility purposes.