Drop Shadow - how to achieve

There's most probably a simple answer to this question although for the life of me I can't think what. I've tried to online help file and achieving a drop shadow appears to be pretty straight forward but I'm just not getting it. I click on fx and when the dialogue opens click on drop shadow. All settings are at default and the small preview box responds (expands etc) in response to my adjusting the controls but no effect is seen on the image. I've tried changing the image from 16bit to 8bit thinking - well maybe - but no still no joy. Am I missing a setting somewhere?

Well that is simply an image with a white border like an old photo, and then an extra area (border) round the image so the drop shadow can be seen.

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I generally just use the basic feather. I draw the object with a few clicks of the pen, fill with whatever color, set the tint if desired, then use settings more or less as below.
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You see, sometimes I see that and other times I don't. I'm not sure if the text being over a really subtle gradient causes the eyes to see things, kind of like an optical illusion you know? But it just seems to be a very common design practice, especially the stuff I'm finding over at dribbble. I've also tried the 1-2 px distance with a 90 degree angle but my stuff never looks the same. I'm just unsure if I'm not doing something or this is some kind of trade secret that designers use and don't wish to divulge.

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Solved!
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Attachments:
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Drats! An artifact.
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Parikshit

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First timer here -
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Is there a workaround or a different way to select the globe, or to make the globe its own layer and apply the effect?
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Hello Ken, I'm not sure I can help you as I'm not sure what a 'blue globe wireframe' is exactly. However, you've described it as a flattened .png.
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