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 Photoshop Basics
 Basic Photoshop Working
 Layer And Masking
 Layer Basics
   Working With Layers
   Selecting Layers
   Layer Palette  Components
   Opacity Setting
   Tool Palette
   Creating New Layer
   Duplicating Layers
   Linking Layers
   Merging Layers
 Deleting Layers
 Adding Layer Effect
 
   Drop Shadow
   Inner Shadow
   Outer Glow
   Inner Glow
   Bevel And Emboss
 Color Fill
 Advanced Techniques
 Color Management

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 Layer And Masking > Adding Layer Effect

  Drop Shadow

The Drop shadow effect places a soft, feathered shadow under an element.
The drop shadows are widely used in text layers, which contains only text. The previous exercise is an example for applying drop shadow effect.

The image shown here displays the effects option box. The options and the functionality of these options are given in the table.


Mode The Same set of options as seen throughout Photoshop, modes which allow you to just adjust the way the effect is blended into the image.
Opacity Just like the other opacity setting, this adjusts the "solidness" of the effect.
Angle The angle at which the effect is applied, with options from 180 to -180 degree.
Use Global Angle Overrides the Angle setting and applies the Layer>Effects>Global Angle configuration.
Distance The distance in pixels that the shadow will be offset from the image, with options from 0 to 30,000.
Blur The overall number of pixels in from the edge of the shadow that will be blurred, with setting from 0 to 50.
Intensity The relative softness or hardness of the shadow, with setting from 0 to 600.

  Inner Shadow

The Inner Shadow effect produces the opposite of the Drop Shadow effect, with objects appearing as if they have been carved into the background.

The image given here shows this effect.

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