A colored gradient dropshadow

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?

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"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)

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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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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