# Illustrator CS2 - advanced drop shadow

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/illustrator-cs2-advanced-drop-shadow/207558>\
**Category:** design\
**Created:** [November 19, 2006, 3:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/illustrator-cs2-advanced-drop-shadow/207558 "2006-11-19T03:50:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![NeoDreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ccd318/32.png) [@NeoDreamer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/NeoDreamer)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2006, 3:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/illustrator-cs2-advanced-drop-shadow/207558/1 "2006-11-19T03:50:17Z")

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How do you make a drop shadow appear on everything except the canvas? Is there an easy way or does it involve tedious clipping? Here is an example. I don’t want the shadows cast on the white canvas.

[![](http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/8651/untitled1tw9.th.gif)](http://img182.imageshack.us/my.php?image=untitled1tw9.gif)