Drop Shadows using Type Tool

Is there any way of changing the 'intensity' or 'angle' of drop shadows?
I am of course using Layer Styles/drop shadow, but can the angle/intensity be changed. Thanks

Hi Mike,
I'm using Elements version 3 and this is how I would do it. If you are using a different version, it may differ slightly.
Open your layers palette (F11). After applying a drop shadow filter, you will see a filter icon appear on the layer on which it was applied. It looks like a curly 'f' within a circle and appears to the right of the thumbnail.
Double click it to open Settings and play with the controls.
Mark

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When i use type tool photoshop stopped working

hi,
please help me in this problem
when i try to use type tool,photoshop stopped working
its photoshop cs3 ex

> i have 500+ fonts
Take out 250 fonts. See if the problem goes away. If it does, then you know the bad font is in them. Load the other fonts back in small batches (10-12) and test after each one.
If the first 250 fonts does not solve the problem, take out most of the other 250 ... leave only the basic fonts that came with the system. Then load the others in 10-12 at a time, testing after each.
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Adding drop shadow using CSS

I am fairly new to CSS and am designing a website where I
would like to use a drop shadow using CSS.
Currently I have a container div that is centred horizontally
in the browser window and want to add a drop shadow to this div, so
all content stays central in the browser window when it is resized.
(similar to
http://www.thegraphicmac.com/).
Any help/advice would be appreciated...
Thanks

CSS doesn't make drop shadows exactly. You could configure
one division on
top of another division with an offset but that's complicated
when used on
an entire page. This basic tutorial shows how to bring 3
image slices into
a CSS layout. (Use your own images and play around with it.)
http://alt-web.com/Image-slices-in-a-CSS-based-layout.html
--Nancy O.
Alt-Web Design & Publishing
www.alt-web.com
"richardellis" <[email protected]> wrote in
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news:g62m8c$qj8$[email protected]..
> I am fairly new to CSS and am designing a website where
I would like to
use a
> drop shadow using CSS.
>
> Currently I have a container div that is centred
horizontally in the
browser
> window and want to add a drop shadow to this div, so all
content stays
central
> in the browser window when it is resized. (similar to
>
http://www.thegraphicmac.com/).
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> Any help/advice would be appreciated...
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> Thanks
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How do I achieve this type of extreme subtle drop shadow using Photoshop?

I cannot for the life of me recreate this effect and it's driving me insane.
http://justpuretaste.com/ - the header logo where it says "Just Pure Taste" as well as the "We are Taste Architects" as well as the "Experts in Food & Beverage" appear to have some sort of drop shadow applied to it. This was not done using CSS since this is an actual background image. I would love to know how to create this effect on a consistent basis.
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If anyone can help me out I would really appreciate it. If no one here can, could you guys please point me in the right direction like another forum or something. Thank you!

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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This is a user to user forum and Adobe Staff does drop by.
First thing to try is Reset the Type Tool by right-clicking on its' icon in the Options bar.
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Troubleshoot fonts | Photoshop CC 2014, CC, CS6, CS5
And basic troubleshooting: Photoshop: Basic Troubleshooting steps to fix most issues
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Hi There,
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I did a new video, I do not know what you are doing wrong and what version of Illustrator you are working with but it seems something is not quite right by the way you describe it.
I did a video and if you follow the link above you will see it. But I do not keep the movies up for a long time so you have to look soon.
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Reboot
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spur07

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