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Fading a shadow with a layer - Photoshop Tutorial
From the course: Photoshop CS5 One-on-One: Advanced
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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Photoshop's vector exceptions1m 11s
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Making text in Photoshop6m 18s
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Creating and editing a text layer6m 56s
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Font and type style7m 35s
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Type size and color7m 52s
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Combining layer effects and type10m 57s
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Drawing a custom shape layer8m 34s
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Side bearing, kerning, and tracking10m 36s
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Point text vs. area text8m 26s
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Selecting and formatting a paragraph5m 19s
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Copying and pasting unformatted text7m 45s
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Creating text inside a custom path6m 26s
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Creating text along a path8m 13s
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Adjusting baseline shift6m 16s
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Drawing a fading arrowhead7m 29s
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Fading a shadow with a layer5m 32s
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Logo creation and Fill Opacity7m 44s
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Stretching a background element6m 9s
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Drawing with shape outlines6m 18s
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Combining vector-based shapes6m 42s
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Masking vector-based shape layers6m 7s
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Correcting spacing problems7m 44s
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Drawing the ultimate specular sparkle8m 45s
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Preparing text for commercial output5m 9s
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Saving a high-resolution PDF file7m 11s
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Inspecting the final PDF document7m 8s
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Saving large poster art9m 32s
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