double drop shadows not possible?

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formsite01
Oct 1, 2008
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I’m trying to make a file have a drop shadow appearing on both sides. So, naturally I duplicated the layer & flipped it. This flipped the drop shadow underneat. Undo. I manually changed the drop shadow on the new layer to point the other direction. The layer beneath again followed suit. What’s the problem here? Any other way to accomplish what I’m after in CS2? Thanks for the help.
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J_Maloney
Oct 1, 2008
Global light unchecked?

You can also create the second layer with the fill (not opacity) set to 0, so you don’t have any trouble with anti-aliased pixels doubling.

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formsite01
Oct 1, 2008
what or where is the Global light? and sorry I don’t know what your second suggestion means either, tolerance to 0?
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J_Maloney
Oct 1, 2008
You see the global light checkbox in the effects pane. Also, as you notice, my black circle with the drop shadow has a 0 fill, so that it shows the white background beneath. All that exists of the object is its effects.

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John_Waller
Oct 1, 2008
what or where is the Global light?

http://www.layersmagazine.com/global-light-setting.html

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John Waller
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formsite01
Oct 1, 2008
ah thanks guys! The global light option was indeed the problem =]

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