Comments on: Better Drop Shadows in Photoshop

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[...] using a very simple technique. Not long ago there was an article doing the rounds called “better drop shadows” which showed how to make a drop shadow look more realistic in Photoshop, like the item was [...]

By: Heidi

Heidi — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 01:23:24 +0000

Lifesaver! Thanks

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 12:26:43 +0000

Brilliant tutorial… takes a bit of practice to get it looking natural but a great way of creating this effect.

By: Rai

Rai — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 14:54:41 +0000

Excellent ! and easy.

Thanks for sharing!

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Pattaya Villas for Rent — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 22:48:12 +0000

This is easy more than what I was doing. Thanks for great tutorial.

By: Brett Widmann

Brett Widmann — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 01:39:13 +0000

This is a really great tutorial. Thanks for sharing!

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By: peter

peter — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 06:07:15 +0000

easy and effective

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 18:47:32 +0000

I’d also add that you can right click on the layer style, select “create layer” and transform the shadow itself into a layer. This will let you feather/delete the shadow like you did above but also keep the top layer in tact (and allow you to blur the shadow, warp, etc.)