Create A Fun, Easy Gel Text Effect With Layer Styles
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Step 6: Choose A Color For The Drop Shadow And Apply It
Click on the Drop Shadow color swatch:
Photoshop Tutorials: Click on the Drop Shadow's color swatch to choose a color.
This will bring up the Color Picker. Rather than choosing a color in the Color Picker, hover your mouse over the text, which will turn your mouse cursor into the Eyedropper, and click on the text to sample its color:
Photoshop Tutorials: Click anywhere on the text to sample the color.
Then go to the Color Picker and select a darker shade of that color to use for the drop shadow:
Photoshop Tutorials: Select a different shade of the sampled color in the Color Picker to use for the drop shadow.
Click OK to exit out of the Color Picker, and your drop shadow will appear in the color you selected:
Photoshop Tutorials: The drop shadow applied to the text using the color chosen in the Color Picker.
Don't click OK in the Layer Style dialog box yet. We've only just begun.
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