Hi, I am creating an illustration of a 50's diner,I want to create a neon tube with a glow around it as if it is lit up,I have done the line draw of the neon strip, converted the line to an object,then did a drop shadow in the normal mode with a low feather number,but it just isn't bright enough to look like a "neon" strip.
any ideas???? vince c.
You probably need to change the merge mode of the drop shadow (from multiply to normal or add).
Regards,Hendrik
Adding a duplicated object with a slight gaussian blur behind your original helps complete the effect. I often use Overlay or Softlight for this object's blend mode and sometimes stack multiple layers of the blurred image to build it up. Neon glows so make it glow...