Soft shadows under website photos - how?

PNEfan

Websites with photos look really professional when they have 'soft shadows' under the photos. Does anyone know how this can be done?

I only have Frontpage 2000, so that may be the problem!

Thanks

BritBrat

Most likely done as the image with photoshop or some other image making/editing program.

Post a link to what you are refering to.

EDIT:

Do you mean something like this:

buglawton

I have same question, using Paint Shop Pro 7.0. Looks to me you have to place your picture inside a correctly sized larger frame, select the photo borders, invert the selection, set the drop shadow tool up then action it. No simpler way?

PNEfan

BritBrat - what you've done is exactly what I was meaning.

I don't have PaintShop or PhotoShop. Have looked at IrfanView but I can't see it there (although there are lots of interesting effects there though!)

BritBrat

I never used any of them I used snagit.

Here is another with border:



Don't think I am any good with graphics because I am next to useless at it.

sra

Photofiltre is a really small download and has a basic drop-shadow ability.

You can see it in some of the screenshots I did with a shadow here.

FS Capture has a slightly better one IMHO (It's really for screengrabs, but you can edit existing images with it):



You can see that the shadow isn't as sharp which I think looks better.

BritBrat

Yeah snagit is for screen grabs too, but I do use the editor quite a bit.

Edit a picture and post a Dell hard drive for £23. LOL

Just joking.

PNEfan

Thanks BritBrat. Have downloaded free 30 day trial of Snagit and put a soft shadow round a photo - just what I was looking for.

Will also check out your suggestions, sra. Thanks also.