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How do I make drop shadows look the same


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I have several images of different sizes that I need to put drop shadows on. The thing is, I need all of the drop shadows to look the same. When I plug in the same options for the drop shadows, they all come out looking different. Is there an easy way to do this? Is there some math I can do to make them look the same?

Thank you for your help!
 
After you apply shadow on one Layer Right-click at layer on the layers palette and you'll see copy layer style, copy Then apply to others
 
I'm not sure I explained my issue correctly.

I have multiple pictures for a website. Each picture has a different size and orientation. (Some landscape, some portrait, some 800x600, some 3648x2736, etc.) Since it's a website all, of the images have to be uniform, each having the same Drop Shadow. Since the drop shadow settings for the 800x600 image doesn't look the same on the 3648x2736 image; what is the best way to make them look the same? Is there some math I can do or would re-sizing each of the images to the same size be the best way to handle this? Am I over-thinking this?

Thank you
 
Each image is different but once you copy the shadow settings and places on the other images, the shadow degree (transparency and size) will be the same. If the frame of the pictures are bigger than some others it's obviously going to be a different size maybe your best bet is to resize them all to the same size, all in all, the settings for the shadow will be all the same.......... Maybe I don't understand?
 
Jason, Other than the uniform ones such a text, it has been my experience that different images of shape, size, and content, will require different levels of shadow intensity due to ambient lighting, light directionality, and intensity. Applying a generic and uniform drop shadow layer style to each one will never look exactly right. Sometimes there's just not a useful shortcut to speed along your workflow.
 
Jason, maybe if you could give us an idea of what you mean by all the drop shadows have to be the same because it is a website. That doesn't seem logical, but I wouldn't know since I don't know your concept. Maybe you can post a few of the pictures and explain how they are oriented to each other so we can give you more useful feedback.
 
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