: How do I produce the ideal drop shadow in Photoshop (like this one)? We all know the default Photoshop drop shadow: I know that ideal is subjective, but I have a hard time producing anything

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We all know the default Photoshop drop shadow:

I know that ideal is subjective, but I have a hard time producing anything that doesn't seem nearly as crude as this does.

A drop shadow that is more "ideal" is one like this:

I love how the drop shadow is sharp and defined (almost black) up close to the object, but has a large spread. I suspect it might be achievable with contours, but I don't know well how to utilize them.

This is a quick effort:

And these settings don't work well at all on text.

Anyone have any better advice? How do I produce a drop shadow that isn't as crude-looking as the default? Using what techniques can I achieve drop shadows like in the example image?

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@Ogunnowo857

u can do that by duble kilkcking the layer and pressing a button next to some tevt that says drop shadow

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@Murphy569

Scott is right. To reproduce the effect I had to use 3 sets of drop shadows. One for the buttons, one for the text, and one that is slightly in-between the two. Here is the result:

(The right half of each icon is the original; the left half is the reproduction.)

There are some kerning differences, and I didn't bother to reproduce the background noise, but it's fairly close for a quick mockup.

Here are the settings for the two main shadows:

Here is the PSD file.

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