Drop Shadows

I currently have 2 layers (background, gradient). There is a square object in the background layer that I want to add a drop shadow to.

I've tried creating another layer (background copy) and then using the rectangle selection tool to outline it and go to blending options but that does nothing.

How do I go about adding the drop shadow to just the square box?

So, you have this on a background (but less ugly I hope)

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shane_c wrote in post #9406711
I currently have 2 layers (background, gradient). There is a square object in the background layer that I want to add a drop shadow to.

I've tried creating another layer (background copy) and then using the rectangle selection tool to outline it and go to blending options but that does nothing.

How do I go about adding the drop shadow to just the square box?

1) don't have the square object be in the background, place it in it's own layer (just that object) and just use blend
2) this will not be good for say, a table leaving a shadow on the floor. for that, outline the object, then ctrl+t, then skew, stretch, rotate, and otherwise modify the object until it is where you want the shadow to be. then blend options, solid color (black, brown, or blue depending on the WB difference of other shadows in the picture). Then blur it a bit until you get exactly what you want

Thanks!

I would normally use a layer style for a simple drop shadow. The nice thing about this is that if you are planning on using the same settings on other objects/layers/files you can save this to your styles panel. On any subsequent uses you simply click once on the saved item in your style panel and it applies all settings in one click.