[SallyA]

I'm new to SG and am trying to learn brushes. I purchased the Mastering Brushes e-booklet and am having problems right from the start. I use PSE 5 and it says the examples in the ebook are in PSE 2 so that could be the problem. In the first exercise it says to change the lighting direction so the shadow will come on the left hand side of the paper. I cannot figure out how to do that. Can anybody help me out?

Sally

[Peppi]

I do not know if it really is this, but let's have a try. The lightning direction of a shadow has nothing to do with the brush tool itself.
Take your layer with your brushwork on it. Add a shadow under 'layer styles' 'drop shadows'. If added right besides the name of you layer appears a little 'light?', click twice on it and a window pops up. There you can adjust the light angle.
Hope this helps

[SallyA]

Peppi, on Jan 10 2008, 06:28 AM, said:

I do not know if it really is this, but let's have a try. The lightning direction of a shadow has nothing to do with the brush tool itself.
Take your layer with your brushwork on it. Add a shadow under 'layer styles' 'drop shadows'. If added right besides the name of you layer appears a little 'light?', click twice on it and a window pops up. There you can adjust the light angle.
Hope this helps

That did it! Thanks a million!
Sally

[satippetts]

Peppi gave you the right instructions. Even though the screen shots were created in PSE 2.0. They should transfer easily into the other programs. If you do run into a glitch you can email me, or post it here. I'm currently in the process of going through and fixing a few things so that it transfers easily to the new 5.0 and 6.0. It's really hard to write a book with instructions that can easily work in all 5 versions of PSE. If you have a questions feel free to ask and we'll help you out with it.