Yeah you can tell it is photoshop... they didn't put is shadows under the life savers seat

They could have it is easy to do if you know how. There is a tool in the filter menu that will create a drop shadow of the layer.

But what we are taught to do is. (It sounds complicated, but once you master it you will never go back to the Drop Shadow tool unless you just want a quickie.)
1.duplicate the object we want to make a shadow out of.
2.fill it with a gray to match the tonal quality of the image, meaning warm or cool gray.
3.change the transparency to match the rest of the shadows.
4.blur the edges of the shadow.
5. add noise. Noise changes the color to lots of tiny dots of colors close to the color you are using to soften the color so it looks more real and not just a blob of one color.
6.use the mirror tool to flip and reverse the image
7.Use the transform tool to stretch, rotate, and distort the shadow to match the rest of the shadows in the image. (I usually draw a line on a separate layer that shows the direction of the light so I get the proper angle on the shadow. You get the direction of the light by looking at the other images.)
8 Adjust the transparency and blur.


(This comment was modified on Sep 07, 2008 10:15 AM)

You are too smart for me Annie Girl... now I have a headache

cute picture. Sorry...Not trying to be to smart. Teaching habit. If you want to make a cool drop shadow here is how to do it. 8 years of writing instruction.

Honey please don't change... someone has to keep trying to help me... in so many ways

so, you hear them too?

Yes I hear them Nightcrawler... they keep offering me coffee and chocolate and distract me from things... I.... know....I...shoul...

back corner left I think Token