Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Step Nine:
When you bring this drop shadow over
to Lightroom, you're going to want the
background behind that shadow to be
transparent (or you'll bring a big white
background into Lightroom along with it).
Luckily, this is easier than it sounds: just
drag the Background layer onto the Trash
icon at the bottom of the Layers panel,
and—voilá—the area around and behind
your drop shadow is transparent. To keep
this drop shadow's transparency when
you bring it into Lightroom, you'll need
to save the file in PNG format, so go
ahead and choose
Save As
from the
File menu and save it as a PNG. A little
dialog will pop up with PNG Options for
Interlacing. Just leave it set to None and
click OK.
Step 10:
Okay, back to Lightroom. Go to the Page
panel, turn on the Identity Plate check-
box, then click on the little triangle in
the bottom-right corner of the Identity
Plate preview, and choose
Edit
to bring
up the Identity Plate Editor. Click the Use
a Graphical Identity Plate radio button,
then click the Locate File button and find
that drop shadow PNG file you created
in the previous step. Click on it (as shown
here), then click the Choose button, and
click OK in the Identity Plate Editor.
