[EdelineM]

hhmm any tips for giving shadow on lace ??

[kshabowski]

OOOH, Me too! I want to know too!

[sprinklz]

I usually use a light gray (or a slightly darker version of the lace color like blue if blue lace) with very low settings like 7, 2, 7.

I bet some of the product designers have some tips to share on this.

[kle-Karen]

sprinklz, on Mar 13 2007, 07:56 PM, said:

I usually use a light gray (or a slightly darker version of the lace color like blue if blue lace) with very low settings like 7, 2, 7.

I bet some of the product designers have some tips to share on this.

Okay - maybe I'm a dork -- but what does the "7,2,7" settings refer to? Is it program specific? I have PSE. When I add drop shadows, I can go in and edit a few settings, but I don't think they correspond to the types of numbers you are giving?

Thanks!
Karen

[TallCool69]

sprinklz, on Mar 14 2007, 01:56 AM, said:

I usually use a light gray (or a slightly darker version of the lace color like blue if blue lace) with very low settings like 7, 2, 7.

I bet some of the product designers have some tips to share on this.

Thanks! I sometimes change these setting, but never thought about changing the color!

[angleigh]

This is what I usually do with lace or other transparent items.

Duplicate the item
Add your drop shadow to the item on the bottom only...then change the "fill" on that item to "0"


Here's an example of a layout I used this technique on

http://scrapgirls.com.ipbhost.com/index.ph...i&img=10965

[sprinklz]

kle-Karen, on Mar 14 2007, 03:14 AM, said:

sprinklz, on Mar 13 2007, 07:56 PM, said:

I usually use a light gray (or a slightly darker version of the lace color like blue if blue lace) with very low settings like 7, 2, 7.

I bet some of the product designers have some tips to share on this.

Okay - maybe I'm a dork -- but what does the "7,2,7" settings refer to? Is it program specific? I have PSE. When I add drop shadows, I can go in and edit a few settings, but I don't think they correspond to the types of numbers you are giving?

Thanks!
Karen

Oops, sorry, I should have said I use PSCS2

[EdelineM]

ahaa so 7-2-7 and probably double the lace and put shadow bottom only and set to 0
hhmm... gonna try them later.. thanks all

[Sharebear57]

angleigh, on Mar 14 2007, 09:22 AM, said:

This is what I usually do with lace or other transparent items.

Duplicate the item
Add your drop shadow to the item on the bottom only...then change the "fill" on that item to "0"

Is there a way to get a similar effect using PSE5? (we don't have the "fill" option)

[~Nel~]

This is what I usually do when I want to have more realistis shadow. I put the shadow manually.

1. Duplicate the object you want to drop shadow.
2. Change the color into much darker shade of the original color.
3. Use gaussian blur. mostly I put 5-10 depend on how I want the shadow look like and how far it is from the paper.
4. Change the opacity to 40-50%
5. Remember to put the shadow layer under the object layer and move it right down a bit depending on your light source.

Sometime we can't just duplicate the object. so we need to change it to a solid color.

1. using magic wand select the blank space on the object layer then Ctrl+shift+I and select>modify>contract slightly, i use around 3pixels.
2. use hard round brush, color it with much darker shade of your object or just black for gray shadow.
Then follow step 3 above.

I use PSCS2. but I think you also can do it with any other program.

[Rose Ann]

I use PSE5 and I think the numbers Sprinklz is referring to are the size and distance of the shadow (in pixels). In 5 you can change the size, distance, color and opacity of the shadows by clicking on the starburst that is next to the thumbnail of the object in the layers palette.
HTH