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Basic Shadow

by busTa - 15.06.2006

This tutorial will teach you how to make a basic shadow for objects. This can be
very useful when adding perspective to an image, like a solid-base ground.

Step 1

Open a new document, 400x400 with the object that you want to give a shadow.
The new document should have a white background.

Step 2

Using your circle marquee tool, make an oval shaped like the picture below.
(The background is transparent in this picture because of screenshot, make sure
you use a document with a white background)

Step 3

Fill the circle you selected with a dark grey color. Don't make it to light!

Step 4

Go to Filter > Gaussian Blur and use a setting of 10.0.

Here is my result with text added: