How is this drop shadow effect done?

2008-02-02

If you go to this website \\\ Garson™ - Restaurant management software /// and look at the logo, you'll notice the box thing has a drop shadow at the bottom. The interesting thing is that the drop shadow only appears at the left and right sides, and not in the middle. I've seen a fair bit of this around lately and It'd a really appealing effect over a standard drop shadow that goes all the way across. However, I don't know how to create it so it fades away. If anyone knows how it's done or if they could link me to a turorial, that'd be great, thanks.

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Laveklint · 2008-02-02 #2

Hey flashkicks..

It´s very easy to accomplish this look..

Either in flash or photoshop:
-create a layer under your logo or whatever
-draw lines and fill the way you want the shadow to appear
-play around with blur and alpha to get your desired result

you can not acheive this effect using flash-filters dropShadow
you have got to do it manually

piece of cake

flashkicks · 2008-02-02 #3

OOOkay? I didn't really understand step 2 or three. Like I can't visualize it. A tutorial would really help if you could fine one. I tried finding one earlier, but it's sortta hard to say exactly what it is.

*Edit, nevermind, I found a tutorial.

northwest · 2008-02-05 #4

Very easy. I'm sure there are 1,000 ways to do it but this is how I would make it.

1 Make the shape.
2 Dublicate the shape and fill it with black.
3 Gausian Blur the shape at about 3 pixels.
4 Place the blurred shape underneath the original red shape and offset it the way you want.
5 Use the erase tool to delete the part you don't want and adjust the opacity.
6 This is just the blurred shape after I erased part of it.

Hope this helps

-NW->

Eynovation · 2008-02-07 #5

Here are a few more tutorials that will help you get a few techniques under your belt:

http://pstutorialsblog.com/78/perspe...shop-tutorial/

Drop Shadows : Photoshop Tutorials -- Absolute Cross

The feathering, in particular will help you.
Good luck.

jmcomps · 2008-03-02 #6

nice... i hope it helps me too.. hehehe

zenda246 · 2008-09-08 #7

http://pstutorialsblog.com/78/perspe...shop-tutorial/

Nice tut by the looks of things eynovation

coldarif · 2008-11-08 #8

yes its lookss gooddd

Goten · 2008-11-12 #9

another way to do it

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	Laveklint 4 Creative Assets	2008-02-02 #2
	Hey flashkicks.. It´s very easy to accomplish this look.. Either in flash or photoshop: -create a layer under your logo or whatever -draw lines and fill the way you want the shadow to appear -play around with blur and alpha to get your desired result you can not acheive this effect using flash-filters dropShadow you have got to do it manually piece of cake

	flashkicks	2008-02-02 #3
	Last edited by flashkicks : 2008-02-02 at 13:51. OOOkay? I didn't really understand step 2 or three. Like I can't visualize it. A tutorial would really help if you could fine one. I tried finding one earlier, but it's sortta hard to say exactly what it is. *Edit, nevermind, I found a tutorial.

	northwest	2008-02-05 #4
	Very easy. I'm sure there are 1,000 ways to do it but this is how I would make it. 1 Make the shape. 2 Dublicate the shape and fill it with black. 3 Gausian Blur the shape at about 3 pixels. 4 Place the blurred shape underneath the original red shape and offset it the way you want. 5 Use the erase tool to delete the part you don't want and adjust the opacity. 6 This is just the blurred shape after I erased part of it. Hope this helps -NW->

	Eynovation	2008-02-07 #5
	Here are a few more tutorials that will help you get a few techniques under your belt: http://pstutorialsblog.com/78/perspe...shop-tutorial/ Drop Shadows : Photoshop Tutorials -- Absolute Cross The feathering, in particular will help you. Good luck.

	zenda246	2008-09-08 #7
	http://pstutorialsblog.com/78/perspe...shop-tutorial/ Nice tut by the looks of things eynovation