- Skew the blurry type. Now let’s give
the shadow some directional perspec-
tive so it looks more realistic. Choose
Edit→Transform or press Ctrl+T (�-T)
to again enter the free transform mode.
An alert message tells you that the
Gaussian Blur filter will be disabled
during the transformation process.
Don’t worry; it’ll come back when
you’re done. For now, click OK to ac-
cept the news.
Inexplicably, the options bar lacks skew
options when working with a smart
object. So you have to slant the type
by hand, as follows:- Press the Ctrl key (� on the Mac)
and drag the top handle to the left.
Photoshop slants the type. - Keep dragging until you reach the
inside of the two buttons on the
older gentleman’s exposed cuff,
as indicated by the area circled in
light green in Figure 11-23.
When you’re satisfied that your shadow
looks like mine—or is more to your
liking than mine—press the Enter or
Return key to apply the skew and re-
store the Gaussian Blur effect.
- Press the Ctrl key (� on the Mac)
- Send the shadow backward. In the
Layers panel, click the ▶ in front of
Background Composition to twirl
open the group. This reveals the parts
and pieces that make up the rest of our
advertisement. Drag the Cast Shadow
layer down the stack and drop it be-
tween the Uncle Ted and Blurred Back-
ground layers. Now the shadow exists
inside the brown motion-blurred desk-
top. It doesn’t extend out into the weird,
hammy uncle, nor does it overlap the
weird, hammy nephew.
Figure 11-22.Figure 11-23.Creating and Formatting Text 393