A colored gradient dropshadow

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david
Jul 24, 2004
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Using Photoshop 7 I’d like to use a mono-colored object and have it throw a colored gradient dropshadow. Have tried to knockout the drop shadow through to a gradient layer without success. Any suggestions?

*David*
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jjs
Jul 24, 2004
"David C. Barber" wrote in message
Using Photoshop 7 I’d like to use a mono-colored object and have it throw
a
colored gradient dropshadow. Have tried to knockout the drop shadow
through
to a gradient layer without success. Any suggestions?

Create the shadow (many techniques), mask to new layer, kill the shadow and put a graduated background behind it and merge ’em if you like. (‘rainbow’ types of graduates are packaged with PS)
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tacitr
Jul 25, 2004
Using Photoshop 7 I’d like to use a mono-colored object and have it throw a colored gradient dropshadow.

I’d just put the shadow on a layer, lock that layer’s transparency, and draw a gradient.

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edjh
Jul 25, 2004
Tacit wrote:
Using Photoshop 7 I’d like to use a mono-colored object and have it throw a colored gradient dropshadow.

I’d just put the shadow on a layer, lock that layer’s transparency, and draw a gradient.
It may be that the original poster doesn’t know how to liberate the drop shadow from the object. Right-click (or Control-click on Mac) on the "f" symbol in the Layers Palette and choose Create Layer. This will put the shadow on its own layer.

You can also do this from the main menu, Layer>Layer Style>Create Layer.

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