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I am an intermediate-skilled photoshop user. Still have a good bit to learn. I am using Photoshop CS (1).
During the creation of a web graphic, I have run into a weird issue. On this graphic, I have a top bar and a bottom bar for navigation.
Each bar has a color overlay, and I would like to put a drop shadow on each – dropping in different directions.
Each bar is in a separate layer, and these layers are not locked into each other (or maybe they are in a way I can’t see).
When I place the drop shadow affect on the top bar, it resets the bottom bar to match it – which, visually, makes it disappear. Of course, the opposite happens when I go to change the setting back in the bottom bar.
I’ve gone as far as just trashing one of the layers and completely recreating the bar in a new layer for the bottom. No dice. Photoshop is insisting that if the drop shadow is at a certain angle on the top bar, it has to be at the same angle for the bottom bar.
I know I could take care of this by alternating things when I am ready to slice and saving the slices twice. Somehow, though, it doesn’t seem like I should have to trouble with that.
Anyone have any ideas as to what I may be doing wrong?
Thanks!
-Mike
During the creation of a web graphic, I have run into a weird issue. On this graphic, I have a top bar and a bottom bar for navigation.
Each bar has a color overlay, and I would like to put a drop shadow on each – dropping in different directions.
Each bar is in a separate layer, and these layers are not locked into each other (or maybe they are in a way I can’t see).
When I place the drop shadow affect on the top bar, it resets the bottom bar to match it – which, visually, makes it disappear. Of course, the opposite happens when I go to change the setting back in the bottom bar.
I’ve gone as far as just trashing one of the layers and completely recreating the bar in a new layer for the bottom. No dice. Photoshop is insisting that if the drop shadow is at a certain angle on the top bar, it has to be at the same angle for the bottom bar.
I know I could take care of this by alternating things when I am ready to slice and saving the slices twice. Somehow, though, it doesn’t seem like I should have to trouble with that.
Anyone have any ideas as to what I may be doing wrong?
Thanks!
-Mike
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