Drop Shadow Tutorial

Noober · 05-16-2005, 01:39 AM

I felt compelled to do a tutorial

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Ok, so you can use the layer effects to make a drop shadow, right? But you can't move it around, distort it, or anything. But with this tutorial, you can.

1. Select the subject that you want casting the shadow.

2. Send the image to a separate layer.

3. Retrieve the selection outline for your new layer, by ctrl-clicking the image.

4. Do a feather. Divide your resolution by 20 for the radius ie. if my res. is 200, I put 10

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5. Send the feathered selection to a new layer.

6. Fill it with black. Unless you want a colored shadow. If so, fill it with a color, then select the multiply blend mode.

7. Nudge it around, to where you desire.

8. Lower the opacity, if you want. I usually go for 70-80%.

9. Free transform it! This is where the advantage of this over layer effect drop shadow really comes.

10. If you need to, liquify it to make it match perfectly.

Too lazy to upload pics... so do it yourself

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gamepin126 · 05-16-2005, 05:08 AM

No pictures? I'm not gonna read a tut without pictures!

FireXtol · 05-16-2005, 10:04 AM

It's nothing new....

05-16-2005, 01:39 AM	#1 (permalink)
Noober Wtf is an acolyte? Evangelist Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,115	Drop Shadow Tutorial I felt compelled to do a tutorial . Ok, so you can use the layer effects to make a drop shadow, right? But you can't move it around, distort it, or anything. But with this tutorial, you can. 1. Select the subject that you want casting the shadow. 2. Send the image to a separate layer. 3. Retrieve the selection outline for your new layer, by ctrl-clicking the image. 4. Do a feather. Divide your resolution by 20 for the radius ie. if my res. is 200, I put 10 . 5. Send the feathered selection to a new layer. 6. Fill it with black. Unless you want a colored shadow. If so, fill it with a color, then select the multiply blend mode. 7. Nudge it around, to where you desire. 8. Lower the opacity, if you want. I usually go for 70-80%. 9. Free transform it! This is where the advantage of this over layer effect drop shadow really comes. 10. If you need to, liquify it to make it match perfectly. Too lazy to upload pics... so do it yourself .
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05-16-2005, 05:08 AM	#2 (permalink)
gamepin126 Senior Member Retired Staff Member Celestial Entity Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 19,566	No pictures? I'm not gonna read a tut without pictures! __________________ Set a trashcan on fire and keep a bum warm for a night. Set the bum on fire, and keep him warm for the rest of his life. -- If debugging is the process of removing bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in. - Edsger Dijkstra
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05-16-2005, 10:04 AM	#3 (permalink)
FireXtol Disciple Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: between d and t Posts: 410	It's nothing new....
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