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Make It Float
Do it with a drop shadow.
Resize The Canvas
The current Photoshop canvas size is too small to
encompass the drop shadow area. Increase it by approximately 10%
and put the size increase to the right and bottom of the image
(Image > Canvas Size >).
- Width: Approximately +10%.
- Height: Approximately +10%
- Anchor: Top left corner.
Continuation: Use the sample as a guide
- Change the Gray Background to white.
- Click activate the Gray Background
layer.
- Select the entire layer
(Ctrl + A).
- Fill the selection with white (Edit > Fill
> Use: White).
- Place the Palette Shape Layer above
the new White Background.
- Duplicate the Palette Shape layer.
("drag" it to the "Create New Layers" Icon.
- Relabel the layer to Shadow (Double
click on the copy layer to open the "Layers Options").
Turn the new Shadow into the Drop
Shadow Layer.
- Relabel Shadow to Drop Shadow.
- Nudge the Drop Shadow into position.
- Press and hold the
"Ctrl" key.
- Press both the "down" and the
"right" arrow keys seven times.
- Press the down key 3 more times.
- Release the "Ctrl" key.
- Blur the Drop Shadow image to soften
the lighting.
- Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur...
set to value 2.5.
- Lower the "Layers Opacity" to 44%.
This works especially well with texture backgrounds. It allows the
texture to show through the shadow creating a very believable drop
shadow.
Click Next to learn about creating a frame with Bevel.
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