Comments on: How To Correctly Use Bevels & Drop Shadows in Photoshop

By: S.M.Karthick

S.M.Karthick — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:05:45 +0000

Its a Awesome tutorial..! Thanks Angie !!

By: Andrew Houle

Andrew Houle — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:50:02 +0000

@Julie – Try going to Layer -> Layer Style -> Drop Shadow in the file menu.

By: Julie Boyle

Julie Boyle — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:23:31 +0000

I have recently upgraded to CS4 and unable to use the ‘drop shadow’ at all. In CS3 I did not have a problem and used it all the time. I have tried looking in ‘Preferences’ and resetting the tools but without success. Do you have a tip I could try to get this tool back? Many thanks

By: Graphire

Graphire — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:54:53 +0000

Great post. Very informative especially for Photoshop newbies.

By: Denver Commercial Photographer

Denver Commercial Photographer — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 01:15:17 +0000

nice tips. Thanks for the info. I think I might have actually learned something.

By: Roberto Blake

Roberto Blake — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:49:30 +0000

I honestly believe that this article helps to not make the bevel and drop shadow techniques "design sins anymore". Great Post! .-= Roberto Blake´s last blog ..20 Top Tier Photo-Manipulations =-.

By: Brian Yerkes

Brian Yerkes — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:20:46 +0000

Nice post! I would also go further with the drop shadows bit and say that you should almost always create a new layer for the drop shadow style. This allows you to completely control the shadow and make it look much more real than the linear ability Photoshop has by default.

Creating a new layer from the shadow style allow you to “Warp” it and make it look much more realistic and less “digital”
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By: Matt Ward

Matt Ward — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:01:31 +0000

I think this is true of almost every tool in Photoshop. They have to set a default to something, but that doesn’t mean its the best choice. And, since every project is different, there is no magical formula. You just have to adjust the settings until you get it right – Thank God for non-destructive techniques!
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By: Jared

Jared — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:22:36 +0000

Great point : ‘ it’s not that you shouldn’t use the tools, it’s that you shouldn’t use the default settings’!!

By: Rejis

Rejis — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 06:26:59 +0000

The Bevel and Drop Shadow, I remember, we used Alienskin and some other plugins, at the start, for giving this effect. Once photoshop included that ( if i am correct – Adobe bought Alienskin ) it became popular and everyone started using it for “everything”.

In between, designers started avoiding these effect for clean layouts became more of popularity. But Now again it has been used in many artworks. The difference is – it is now carefully used. Hope this article will give an understanding about the topic.

Thanks Angie for sharing
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