Perspective Shadow
For this tutorial I am going to use a shape that I created from a 3d render. You can see the shape below.
![original photoshop custom shape](/content_images/AdobePhotoshop/PhotoshopBasics/shadow/original.gif)
Let’s start by applying a Drop Shadow style to the shape layer. Go to Layer-> Layer Style -> Drop Shadow (or just double click on the layer at the layers palette) and use these settings.
![drop shadow settings](/content_images/AdobePhotoshop/PhotoshopBasics/shadow/dropshadowsettings.gif)
Now right click on the little (f) besides the layer at the layer palette. I have circled it in the screenshot below.
![layer styles symbol at the layers palette](/content_images/AdobePhotoshop/PhotoshopBasics/shadow/layerpalette.gif)
From the pop-up menu select “Create Layer”
![select the create layer option](/content_images/AdobePhotoshop/PhotoshopBasics/shadow/createlayer.gif)
A new layer will be created from the Shadow effect. Your layer palette should now look like this.
![layer palette](/content_images/AdobePhotoshop/PhotoshopBasics/shadow/layerpalette2.gif)
Select this new “Shadow” layer and go to Edit-> Transform -> Skew and skew it somewhat like this.
![skew layer to the left or to the right](/content_images/AdobePhotoshop/PhotoshopBasics/shadow/skew.gif)
Apply the transformation and to to Edit-> Transform -> Distort this time. Now you should bring the top horizontal line of the rectangle down.
![distort the shadow layer](/content_images/AdobePhotoshop/PhotoshopBasics/shadow/distort.gif)
You may need to align a bit the shadow layer with your original layer and you are done. I applied a gradient to the background and here is my final result.
![photoshop's tutorial, final result](/content_images/AdobePhotoshop/PhotoshopBasics/shadow/final.jpg)
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