Re: Photoshop shadows for the Web

You could probably make a layer that was a black silouette
of the object, underneath the object, and positioned where
you want the shadow. then just reduce the opacity.
(assuming the background of the picture is the same as the
web page.) However, if you are talking about a transparent
gif it gets iffy, since the transparency cant be faded, it
is only one distinct color.

Good luck

Luke

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---Keith Purtell <kpurtell(at)unicom.net> wrote:
>
> I didn't find this one in my product literature. 
> All the shadows I create in Photoshop create their effect 
> by imposing a blured, neutral version of the object that 
> is casting the shadow. The shadow colors tend to obscure 
> whatever is underneath, and I have to change those 
> colors to transparent with the HVS plugin to use a 
> shadowed object on a Web page textured background. 
> It occurs to me that, in a real-life shadow, the colors 
> under the object are only darkened by the object above. 
> How can I create such a more realistic shadow? 
> 
> -- Keith Purtell
> 
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