Changing Drop Shadow Default - PSE3, Mac

Is there a way to change the default setting on the drop shadow length of 21 to a lower number? 21 just is way too much for a layer with say an envelope. An envelope just wouldn't leave that large of a drop shadow! I'm much more likely to need to lower the size that to raise it to something over 21. Another question...is there a way to select another color for the outer glow colors?
Thanks!
Debbie

Debbie, et al,
When I spoke of "High" and "Low" it was in reference to two of the Drop Shadow presets found in the Layer Styles palette, in the Drop Shadows group. That being said, I have observed something else!
The distance of the drop shadow created is relative to the resolution of the image. The higher the resolution, the greater the drop shadow distance, in pixels, shown in the Style Settings dialog.
For instance, when I reported my earlier values of 29 and 5, I was working with a document with a resolution of 72ppi. When I apply the same High/Low styles to a document with a resolution of 300ppi, I get distances of 121 and 21 pixels, respectively. A resolution of 100ppi receives shadow distances of 40 and 7.
Thinking about it, it makes sense that the number of pixels of shadow "distance" would vary with the resolution, to represent a similar appearance for "High" and "Low" from image to image.
Of course, this will only complicate Debbie's issue of managing the initial Drop Shadow distance setting, because we now know that it varies with image resolution. *sigh*
Byron

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