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How to Create a Drop Shadow in Photoshop

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Use Photoshop's Drop Shadow effect to make art jump off the screen!

From Quick Guide: Intro to Photoshop
Difficulty: Easy
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • Photoshop
  1. Step 1

    Open Photoshop 5.5 and create a new image file measuring 300 by 300

  2. Step 2

    pixels.

  3. Step 3

    Set the resolution to 72 pixels per inch and the mode to RGB color.

  4. Step 4

    From the Layer menu, choose New and Layer. Click OK.

  5. Step 5

    Select the Paintbrush tool and choose a light foreground color. Paint a shape on the canvas.

  6. Step 6

    From the Layer menu, choose Effects and Drop Shadow. Click OK.

Tips & Warnings
  • This effect can be applied to any object on its own layer.
  • You can change the Drop Shadow's attributes in the effects pop-up window.

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