The ULTIMATE shadow question.

[mrshobbes]

Originally Posted by AmberK

For those of us who are lazy...I think Krystal should sell her shadow styles in the store!

YES!!!!!

[Nixenkind]

Originally Posted by dailydwellin

This is exactly what I do. I use layer styles for shadows most of the time, so I just go down, click a layer, click a shadow style and move on to the next layer.

Count myself into this group, too. I do all the shadows in the end from top to bottom layer.

[TheHybridMess]

At the end... bottom to top. Otherwise all the layers confuse me. I am going to try the outer glow thing though

[krystalhartley]

Originally Posted by AnalogPaper

I've been wanting to try this method Krystal! I saw a tutorial here a while back . . . is that what you're talking about?

I don't know if it's exactly the same, but I think I recall it being really similar.

eta:
here's Jacinda's tutorial

[kim21673]

I always shadow as I go and then tweak at the end...I can't stand looking at a flat work in progress!!!!!

[Stacey42]

Originally Posted by Loriebug66

I need to figure out how to do the outer glow in PSP. I totally love the effect. Thanks for the information Krystal.

I haven't had a chance to try it yet but I think it looks like you would need to create two shadows, both on new layers, make the first/bottom one sort of a light yellow/beige/light tannish & the second/upper one your normal shadow color, and then run the yellow one through a gaussian blur filter so it softly extends out past the grey shadow, then play a bit with the blend modes.

I'm going to play around with it at lunch if possible. I like the effect.

[jk703]

I shadow mostly at the end... but will shadow the little clusters I do, sometimes to determine placement. I love the opposite shadow, and try to incorporate that on certain elements. I save my styles as I go or change them, so I have loads available on a click.


~Jenn

[fifilur]

Originally Posted by krystalhartley

I'm the same way. I need to see all the layers and how they are playing off each other as I move and place them. I tried the wait until the end method years ago, and it was a mess and a headache for me.

Yep ,this is me too. The shaddows changes things so much and I need them to see if I like my placements of things right away.

[Milmomma]

Originally Posted by AmberK

For those of us who are lazy...I think Krystal should sell her shadow styles in the store!

Yep, I'd totally buy them!

[newfiemountiewife]

I definitely shadow as I go, because I'm positive I'd forget a layer if I didn't!

[rach3975]

Originally Posted by AmberK

For those of us who are lazy...I think Krystal should sell her shadow styles in the store!

I like that idea even better than the idea of me playing around with the settings she shared!

[AmberK]

So what about it Krystal??????

Originally Posted by rach3975

I like that idea even better than the idea of me playing around with the settings she shared!

[kscwgirl]

I shadow at the end and I'm totally surprised how far in the minority I am lol

[krystalhartley]

lol. I'll see what I can do.

Originally Posted by AmberK

So what about it Krystal??????

[chicka]

Originally Posted by krystalhartley

Okay. I took a few pieces from this layout and shared my shadow settings (drop and outer glow). I actually have my own shadow style set that includes both of these, so I recommend you go ahead and modify whichever styles you are using already and save them as a new style to speed things up. If you are curious about something on the layout that I didn't picture, just ask, and I'll just type them here. You can see more of my clustery style pages here or just look at my previews in the shop to get a feel for my shadow style.



And for comparison, the first layout uses both drop shadows and outer glow, and the second has all the outer glows turned off.

thanks a lot.. it's really helpful..

[Trista]

I shadow as I go, then tweak at the end. My eyes just cannot see a layout w/o depth.
I warp paper shadows and ribbons when I have time.
Also... I know this is crazy, but when I am working with a pre-shadowed template (tem-plet hahaha) I have to grab all the layers and apply a generic shadow style from my stash. This makes everything cohesive with my shadow preferences.

That being said, I like the use of outer glow, it really does make a difference. Thanks for the visuals Krystal. I will have to try that this weekend and possibly make new styles for myself.

[Lyd]

Originally Posted by Trista

Also... I know this is crazy, but when I am working with a pre-shadowed template (tem-plet hahaha) I have to grab all the layers and apply a generic shadow style from my stash. This makes everything cohesive with my shadow preferences.

Not crazy at all. I do the exact same thing.

[alannabanana]

I guess I am in the majority ...I shadow as I go and tweak at the end
I love the extra depth and clarity you get from using the outer glow..I think I need to play over the weekend

[Andrea G]

Originally Posted by Darcy Baldwin

I shadow at the end so that I don't have to reshadow something if it changes aspect.

ditto!

[icajovita]

I do both.
I shadows as I go for the basic and then after I have everything finished,