Hacking Google Maps and Google Earth (ExtremeTech)

200 Part III — Google Map Hacks

In Photoshop, first copy the original icon into a new document.

Figure 10-10 shows the canvas size adjustment screen. Double the width of the icon, but make

sure that the expansion is on the right-hand side, so that the size and placement of the graphic

on the left is not altered.

Now change the icon to solid black, and then use the Free Transform option to halve the

height and skew the image. As with adjusting the image size, make sure you select the bottom

of the image as the anchor. Then set the height to 50 percent and the horizontal skew to 135

degrees. You can see the settings and the effects in the final image in Figure 10-11.

FIGURE10-10: Setting the shadow size.

FIGURE10-11: The final shadow.