How to use drop shadows tutorial

Asalam Alaykum,

Using drop shadows makes a huge difference on your work. In PSPx3 you get to this by going to effects-3d effects-drop shadow. The setting I have found to be the most realistic is

offset vertical-3
horizontal-3
attributes opacity-41
blur-10
color-black

Also before every move I make a do a new layer (raster) so if I mess up I can go back and not start over. When I first started I did not do this and it took forever to re-do a mistake..


I will show you a graphic without it and one with it so you can see how the images pop out..

As Salamu Alaikum

for sharing sister Umm Talal.

To add to this - the problem with drop shadows is not to use it if you are saving the file as a .gif animation with a transparent background. I'll try and put an example later Insha Allah.

Alaykum Salam, I save my files as png files and this works for me.

As Salamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

Yes there is no problem with drop shadow if it is saved a .png file. There is a problem with saving an animation with a transparent background. Here's what I mean.


You will notice the white smudge, although I used a very low setting. It does not look nice. The drop shadow on the small butterfly is okay.

Maybe you or anyone else knows of a way to save an animation with a drop shadow on a transparent background please share it with us. I would love to know how.