Photography. Photography-now.com. Better Drop Shadows in Photoshop. Most real sheets of paper and card are not completely flat, but a standard Photoshop drop shadow can make an object look like its floating in mid air a lot of the time.
However, a slightly curved or rolled page, a folded corner or a small crease is enough to go from looking too ‘Photoshop’ to looking quite natural. Using Photoshops ‘Selection’ tools you can crop your basic drop-shadows to make them appear much more realistic and more 3 dimensional. > Open a new Photoshop file to page requirements (72 dpi for web, 33dpi for print) > Create a new layer and name it ‘Page’ (or a name of your choosing) > Using the rectactangle selction tool – draw the page you want to apply the effect to > Layers (from the main menu) > Layer Style > Drop Shadow The settings used for this tutorial are; Distance=”4px”, Spread=”0px”, Size=”16px”.
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