Creating inner and outer glows


    The Inner Glow and Outer Glow effects let you add glows that emanate from the inside or outside edges of the selection. When you expand an object that uses an inner-glow effect, the inner glow reveals itself as an opacity mask; if you expand an object that uses an outer glow, the outer glow becomes a transparent raster object. (See Expanding objects.)

    Note: Because the Inner Glow and Outer Glow effects are raster-based, they use the document's raster effects settings whenever you apply the effect to an object. (See Specifying raster effects settings.)

    Tip iconYou can use the Appearance palette to modify or remove the effect from your object. (See Modifying and removing appearance attributes.)

To apply an inner or outer glow:

  1. Select an object or group (or target a layer in the Layers palette).
  2. Do one of the following:
    • Choose Effect > Stylize > Inner Glow. Select Center to apply a glow that emanates from the center of the selection or select Edge to apply a glow that emanates from the inside edges of the selection.
    • Choose Effect > Stylize > Outer Glow.
  3. Choose a blending mode from the Mode menu. (See Summary of blending modes.)
  4. Click the color preview square next to the blending mode menu to specify a color for the glow.
  5. Specify the amount of opacity you want for the glow.
  6. For Blur, enter the distance from the center or edge of the selection where you want any blurring to occur.
  7. Select Preview to preview the effect in the document window.
  8. Click OK.