How Do I Do That in Photoshop?

Add a Cast Shadow?

To add a cast shadow, where an object on a layer (or text) seems to be casting a shadow like it’s being lit from a late-day sun, try this: After creating a Drop Shadow layer style (we looked at how to do this on page 126, in the Layers chapter), click OK in the Layer Style dialog, then go under the Layer menu, under Layer Style, and choose Create Layer. This removes the drop shadow from the current layer it’s on and puts it on its own separate layer, so you can edit it separately. In the Layers panel, click on that separate drop ...