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Todd Gaines · 07-17-2002, 10:59 AM

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nataliad · 07-23-2002, 06:24 PM

Hello,

Thanks for the warm welcome.

I've done a few searches and can't find anything on this but does anyone know how to separate a drop shadow from a graphic so that the drop shadow can be used in Quark as a stand-alone? TIA

Natalia

07-23-2002, 06:38 PM

Hi Nataliad, welcome to the board!

About your problem.[list][*]Select the subject[*]Create a new layer[*]Fill the selection with black[*]Deselect[*]select filter/blur/gaussian blur[*]click on move tool, select "show bounding box" and resize or move selection[*]If you want to cut out the subject, select the subject again, go to the layer with the shadow and press delete.[/list:u]

07-23-2002, 08:34 PM

This is a short tutorial that describes the use of selection tools:
http://www.photoshopgurus.info/begin...on-tools.shtml

Another way to separate a shadow (depending on what exactly you want to achieve) is by adding a "drop shadow" layer style and give the object the same color as the background.
Don't forget; you can't use these shadows as a transparent GIF on a webpage without losing quite some quality.

If you have any more questions, start a new thread in the "Technical Q&A" section.

James · 07-24-2002, 01:19 PM

Gonna leave a post just to make the world a better place!
And if anyone uses LightWave 7... Help! I had no idea what I was getting into. I'm reading the book and all the tutorials I can find. I just need some basic "hand-holding" to get started.

sfm · 07-24-2002, 11:31 PM

Welcome James LightWave? never heard of it is it like a heat wave only with light? he he he just teasin [confused]
sfm

pixelfreak · 08-05-2002, 01:54 AM

O.K.

Just registered. There's nothing like a new photoshop forum! New to me anyway. I am a photoshop freak and will do anything to use photoshop. Well, almost anything. Hopefully I will learn some new and exciting things here.

thanks
pixelfreak