# Ho do you create shadows? **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [August 2, 2004, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ho-do-you-create-shadows/59620 "2004-08-02T15:37:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![madeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@madeye](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/madeye)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ho-do-you-create-shadows/59620/1 "2004-08-02T15:37:00Z")
please help ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ho-do-you-create-shadows/59620/2 "2004-08-02T15:38:14Z")
oh yeah i forgot, i am talking about photoshop ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ho-do-you-create-shadows/59620/3 "2004-08-02T15:38:19Z")
be more specific. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ho-do-you-create-shadows/59620/4 "2004-08-02T15:38:50Z")
you could use the blending options and do a drop shadow there. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ho-do-you-create-shadows/59620/5 "2004-08-02T15:40:22Z")
in photoshop, i used of the logo tutorials to create my logo, at the end of the tutorial it said you can also add highlights and shadows to the logo, how? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ho-do-you-create-shadows/59620/6 "2004-08-02T15:42:39Z")
like i said the \ ***blending options** \*(right click your layer in the layer pallete, and there should be **_blending options_** ) then in the window that pops up, find **_drop shadow_** , and play around with the settings there. good luck! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ho-do-you-create-shadows/59620/7 "2004-08-02T15:51:24Z")
copy layer convert it to black skew diagonally blur fade ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ho-do-you-create-shadows/59620/8 "2004-08-02T15:54:27Z")
similar to what sen said you can cntrl+left click the layer, create a new layer with the selection in place, use the paint bucket tool to fill the select with black on the new layer. Deselect the selection. Now gaussian blur your new black layer. Play with the opacity and positioning. That is an alternative to using a layer style previously discussed. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ho-do-you-create-shadows/59620/9 "2004-08-02T15:54:28Z")
wow… I’m getting ps in less than a week, and you have to do that much! wow… I thought ps was supposed to be easy for things like that ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ho-do-you-create-shadows/59620/10 "2004-08-02T15:55:06Z")
it just sounds hard…it is not. It is just that there are more than one way to skin a cat when it comes to PS. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ho-do-you-create-shadows/59620/11 "2004-08-02T15:56:49Z")
lol, I guess I’ll get used to it really fast… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 4:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ho-do-you-create-shadows/59620/12 "2004-08-02T16:09:30Z")
basic drop shadows are easy enough - thats done with layer styles as mentioned above. Its like, dbl-click layer and hit a check box - thats it. Depending on what kind of shadow you want, though, your approach can differ. I just gave another alternative. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ho-do-you-create-shadows/59620/13 "2004-08-02T16:11:29Z")
I see… I’m gonna like this ps 😃 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ho-do-you-create-shadows/59620/14 "2004-08-02T16:17:51Z")
you dont have ps bombing? you could get a trial of CS at the adobe website… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ho-do-you-create-shadows/59620/15 "2004-08-02T16:19:03Z")
I did… it expired, but the eigth I’m getting it for my b-day 😃 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 4:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ho-do-you-create-shadows/59620/16 "2004-08-02T16:25:17Z")
ooh ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ho-do-you-create-shadows/59620/17 "2004-08-02T16:26:27Z")
> [@senocular](#): > > copy layer > convert it to black > skew diagonally > blur > fade im gonna try this one…but how do you convert to black? how do you fade? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ho-do-you-create-shadows/59620/18 "2004-08-02T16:27:28Z")
Highlights and shadows… well that’s not the same as a drop shadow. To do highlights/shadows it’s best to actually airbrush those in. IMO anyway. If you don’t know how to airbrush, you can use the dodge and burn tool. What you’re asking is kinda vague since we don’t know what type of logo you’ve done. Here is the big misconception about Photoshop… is everyone seems to think it will do EVERYTHING for you. PPL are gonna have to get their hands dirty. Edit: @Ruki To convert to black you take that layer, or layers turn on the layer transparency option and just fill black. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ho-do-you-create-shadows/59620/19 "2004-08-02T16:30:16Z")
agreed, I often use my way to make shadows, because you can perspective the shadow easier, feather/contract/expand the selection and use colors if you want to simulate colored lights. There is another method getting off into masking ond or alpha channels but I dont want to scare your off…lol ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ho-do-you-create-shadows/59620/20 "2004-08-02T16:32:12Z")
Instead of just blur, I use gaussian blur… just an idea. [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ho-do-you-create-shadows/59620.md?page=2)