drop shadow

[FatBeat]

Hi. I was wondering if some could help me. I have seen alot of websites that have the same effect and I would like to apply that effect to my website.

The question is the drop shadow effect how did they do it if the thing is done on flash. Can someone please help me
Thanks alot
example
http://www.marklearst.com/

[reverendflash]

it was prob done in PS, or FW, or PSP, etc. with a simple click of a button...

I don't believe it can be done easily in Flash.

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[DDD]

you can create your bgrd in Fireworks or Photoshop preferably in Fireworks. Create a new document.......Draw your box and add a drop shadow filter.......Then export it as a .png32 (if using FW) and a .png24 if using PS. Then in flash import your newly created graphic.. And there you have it

[mlk]

In flash: fill a box with grey (gray?) (no outlines preferably =)) then goto Modify>Shape>Soften Fill, and play around with the options

[jingman]

Originally posted by mlkdesign
In flash: fill a box with grey (gray?) (no outlines preferably =)) then goto Modify>Shape>Soften Fill, and play around with the options

Yup yup. That's what I do too when I want a more dynamic shadow. Say you have a box that's 100 by 100 pixels.

Copy it, paste it to a layer underneath the main box, fill it with black at 25% alpha, shrink it to 80 by 80 pixels, soften fill to expand 20 pixels in 20 steps (muss around with this, like mlk said).

[prstudio]

what 3d said orrrr

make a white square, duplicate the layer, make the duplicate darker, then expand it to be slightly bigger than the white square.
make sure the bigger, darker square is on a layer underneat the white one, then do a gaussian blur on it...

all kinds of ways to get that effect...

i like PS' layer blend, drop shadow effect

[DDD]

I think PS or Fireworks way will give you the far more acurate results. But the others will work also.