Illustration is a square box 2 x 2 inches; however with the drop shadow tool used, it is 2.61 by 2.61 in. Most of that added dimension appears to be empty space that extends well beyond the actual shadow. Until upgrading from X3 to Draw 2017, I used the drop-shadow tool a lot. Now, it's impossible to use because it hogs so much extra space. Is there a solution to this?
Hi Tbeiswenger,
I find that using the Powerclip tool to remove the unwanted space is helpful. But take note that you'll need to go inside of the powerclip to make any edits.
To do this you need to;
If you have the bug that doesn't let you Powerclip the original object. Powerclip another simple shape in the newly created object and copy and paste inside of the object with the powerclip.
Thanks, that helped. It's unfortunate, that it takes an additional step to effectively use the drop shadow tool (earlier versions didn't have this issue). Now that I know this, I can at least use the drop shadow tool to work with my illustrations as before.