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Fading a shadow with a layer

Fading a shadow with a layer - Photoshop Tutorial

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Fading a shadow with a layer

All right, so I am still working inside of Optimistic publication date.psd. I am in the middle of creating a fading arrowhead effect which I initiated using the Line tool. So I have got a vector-based shape layer combined with a gradient layer mask. Now let's go ahead and simultaneously integrate and offset this arrowhead using a combination of Blend mode and Drop Shadow, and there are some very specific settings I want you to apply here. So you can see my arrow layer is active, and I can see that gray vector outline right there. That is a non-printing outline. It just shows you the edges of the vector mask. To hide that vector outline, just click right there inside of that gray thumbnail in Layers panel. Then I want you to go up to the Blend mode pop-up menu and change it from Normal to Hard Light, and that's I think tends to work the best assuming you are working with that shade of orange that I told you to dial in, in the previous exercise that is Hue 35, Saturation 100, and…

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