You need to select the part of the image that you want a drop shadow to appear under, and make a new layer via copy of only that part. Otherwise PS thinks you want a drop shadow of the whole layer.
rebphoto <rebphoto@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
rebphoto <rebphoto@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have been using PS for a few years nowbut as a Portrait Photographer I haven'thad any need to apply a drop shadow to anything.Ok I open an image in CS2I go to Layer/new/layer via copyI go to layer style/Drop ShadowI play with the adjustments.I see what it does to the squarein the preview box.I hit OKNothing has happened to the image.It looks the same as It did before.When I go to the layers palletand click on the arrow it dropsdown a list that showsEffectsDrop ShadowBut nothing has changed on the image.?????????????????????????????????Feed a Cat...
Starve a Fever........----- Original Message -----From: Herschel MairSent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 1:46 PMSubject: RE: Drop ShadowIf you're asking this then you must be a newbie to Photoshop so I'll start at the beginning:
At the bottom of the layers pallette, second from the left, is the "layer-style" icon. It's black circle with a white "f" in it. If you click this icon you'll get a list of styles and the second from the top is "Drop Shadow"
Click on it and play with the interface.
(This won't work on a background layer. so you'll have to duplicate it.)
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Herschel Mair
Head of the Department of Photography,
Head of the Department of Photography,
Higher College of Technology
Muscat
Sultanate of Oman
Muscat
Sultanate of Oman
Adobe Certified instructor
+ (986) 99899 673
Yahoo! for Good
Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.
