Add drop shadow to photo on colored background

[Jerry Schwartz]

I need to take a photo, add a drop shadow and mount the photo and shadow on a larger colored background that I can save as jpg for use on a web page. I can add the shadow, but cannot figure out how to mount it on a colored background that would then match the background of the web page. I have been able to create a new layer that is larger, with the right color, but how do I get it to drop behind the layer with the picture and drop shadow?
I have the feeling that I should know how to do this, but all the books I have don't explain.

[Paul @ Iconix]

Just drag your color layer below the picture/shadow layer in the layers
pallet. Of course, you won't be able to do this if the picture/shadow layer
is a locked background layer.

To change a background layer to a normal layer, double click on the layer in
the layers pallet.

Hope this helps.

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Paul Cowan
[url]www.iconix.biz[/url]


"Jerry Schwartz" <jerrila@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> I need to take a photo, add a drop shadow and mount the photo and shadow

on a larger colored background that I can save as jpg for use on a web page.
I can add the shadow, but cannot figure out how to mount it on a colored
background that would then match the background of the web page. I have been
able to create a new layer that is larger, with the right color, but how do
I get it to drop behind the layer with the picture and drop shadow?

> I have the feeling that I should know how to do this, but all the books I

have don't explain.