Hi there,
I am creating a logo for work using photoshop CS and am very much a novice user.
I have tried to apply a grey drop shadow to the white text on the black ground but it does not show up because of the background (I can tell this is the case when I change the opacity of the background).
I suspect there is a simple way around this. Could anyone tell me?
Many thanks in advance.
Regards,
Antony
#1
What Blending do you have set on thee Drop Shadow (in the Layer Styles dialog)? Try something other than the default Multiply.
#2
Black shadows tend not to show up on black backgrounds. Wouldn't really be a shadow then. Perhaps you want a glow, which works better on black.
#3
Thanks for this. I will check the blending when I get back.
It is a grey shadow I am attempting to add to the text. Can the glow effect be positioned in the same way as a shadow? I didn't think you could change the angle...
#4
Just change the color of the shadow to a lighter color, like white, and the blending mode to normal, and the opacity to 100% or close to. You now have a white shadow on a black background, or red, or yellow, or whatever.
#5
noydini, the default blend mode is usually set to Multiply when you open the Layer Style window and the color is usually black. As others have stated, make sure the Blend mode is set to normal and the color is set to what you want. It should work that way.
#6
If you want the shadows to look like shadows, then the background must be lighter than black.
A shadow is where light is blocked from illuminating a surface due to some object doing the blocking.
Key word there: light
Black, being the absence of light, would logically make shadows disappear.
When you turn the lights off in a room, the shadows go to the same place as your lap does when you stand up... they go to that little guy inside the fridge that turns the light on and off.
#7
Even simpler: Shadows are darker than their surroundings. What is darker than black?
#8