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Material design elevation and shadows

Answered Michal Pekarcik 7 years ago

Hey,


are there any guidelines how to create shadows for simulating relative elevation according to material design? I cant seem to get it right. They either do not look natural or not in the right "elevation".


Thanks.

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Hi Michal,


While we don't have any specific tutorials for that, you can achieve that desired effect by altering the 'distance' and 'spread' options in the shadow properties.


Best,

Danielle

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Thanks Danielle,


I found this guide for Adobe Illustrator somewhere (attached file) but can't seem to translate it correctly into JIM shadow settings (just doesn't look the same). Even when using 2 shadows (2 elements stacked on each other). Might help someone else as a reference point though.


Michal

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Hi Michal,


Thanks for attaching that reference. I'll forward your ideas to our development team and will let you know if they're implemented.


Best,

Danielle

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Hey,


Is there any update with the elevator shadows?

And what is the value of 1 Dp in Distance,spread,Blur and engle parameters, as it look in material shadow design.


Thank you,


Daniel

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Hi Daniel,


Can you elaborate more on what you mean?


Best,


Sonia Durán

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