SOFT DROP SHADOW
by Moonbeam


I WILL BE MAKING TWO IMAGES USING COLORMAP AND GAUSSIAN BLUR TO MAKE MY SOFT DROP SHADOW.

ORIGINAL #1





STEP #1
RESIZE IMAGE
+10 WIDTH +10 HEIGHT
STEP #2
CLICK ON COLORMAP
PUT #1 IN PARAMETER BOX
UNCHECK DITHER
CLICK QUANTISIZE
GIVES YOU THIS





STEP #3
PAINT COLORMAP IMAGE SLIGHTLY DARKER THAN BACKGROUND YOU ARE USING. I USED DARK ORCHID BECAUSE MY BACKGROUND IS ORCHID.
STEP #4
COMPOSITE YOUR COLORMAP IMAGE
OFFSET +0+0 GRAVITY CENTER
OVER CHOSEN BACKGROUND
EFFECTS/GAUSSIAN BLUR 5x5
GIVES YOU THIS





STEP #5
COMPOSITE ORIGINAL IMAGE OVER BLURRED IMAGE
OFFSET +2+2 GRAVITY CENTER
GIVES YOU THIS






GOLDEN GLOW SHADOW
ORIGINAL #2





RESIZE AND COLORMAP THE SAME AS ORIGINAL #1
PAINT COLORMAP IMAGE #eee687
COMPOSITE
OFFSET +0+0 GRAVITY CENTER
ON BLACK BACKGROUND
EFFECTS/GAUSSIAN BLUR @10x10
COMPOSITE
OFFSET +5+5 GRAVITY CENTER