Adding a shadow to image in PS Elements 8

I am pretty new to PS and still trying to figure out most things, such as working with layers.
I have an image of one of our products we manufacture that I removed the background with the Magic Extractor Tool. Now I would to put some type of shadow on it so it doesn't appear as though it is floating in air. Can someone advise me this is possible and how to do it? I have found some instructions on drop shadows, but it must have been for a different version of PS or I just couldn't understand and follow it.
Thank you,
Karen

Karen,
Here is a picture of a hammer with a drop shadow
http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1UQh0lep8aNRx3bcVIso6CW7KleoL0
Open picture file, duplicate background layer, work on background copy layer
Select hammer. It was on a solid white background, therefore I used the magic wand tool to select the background and hit delete on keyboard. The hammer should have "marching ants" around it, and the surrounding area should have a checkerboard pattern, which denotes transparency. You can use any of the selection tools!
Open the Effects palette, select Drop shadows from the drop-down, used High shadow, applied. Double click the f on the layer with the shadow to bring up the style settings dialog to fine tune.
Placed a blank layer beween background and background copy layers, and filled with red
Select>deselect gets rid of the marching ants
If you are so inclined, post a picture of one of your tools and we can work on it. You can post here via the camera icon in the reply box, or via pixentral.

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