I would like some help with creating a drop shadow that makes text stand off the page like this tag.
![](http://2img.net/h/i499.photobucket.com/albums/rr358/ArtisticExpressionz/Expressions/Awesome/GroovyGraphixSnagSparklyBeauAwesome.gif)
Here's my attempt
![](http://www.gabitos.com/animationssmilies/images/eminnocent.jpg)
at trying to give "lift" to my text. The drop shadow settings that I used are (5,5,25,8,black).
![](/treehousetreasures/images/tbt19timberglitterdropsgothiquegs.gif)
I think the text looks lifted, but the shadow seems too large
![](http://www.gabitos.com/animationssmilies/images/emthink.jpg)
or too blurred
![](http://www.gabitos.com/animationssmilies/images/emdoubt.gif)
to me. Getting drop shadows right has always been hard for me
![](http://www.gabitos.com/animationssmilies/images/emcry.gif)
to figure out so I usually use the same old ones
![](http://www.gabitos.com/animationssmilies/images/emfatigue.jpg)
, but I'd love
![](http://www.gabitos.com/animationssmilies/images/emlove.gif)
to learn more about how to adjust the settings to get the drop shadow effect that I want
![](http://www.gabitos.com/animationssmilies/images/emthup.gif)
.
Any ideas?
![](http://www.gabitos.com/animationssmilies/images/emidea.gif)