Prevent drop shadow from effecting different layers in Photoshop CC

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July 26, 2018
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In the image below, my drop shadow is applied to layer 7, yet it is impacting layer 8. I don't want the drop shadow to appear on the right edge of the layer. I only want the circle to have a drop shadow. I've turned off global light.

Thanks!

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Correct answer c.pfaffenbichler

There appears to be off-canvas content.

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M

Mhon

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How do I turn off global light

davescm

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Hi

A question that I cant answer just by looking at your screenshot. Are you sure the right edge pixels of layer 7 are completely transparent. Even a single line of 1% opacity will generate a shadow. To check just run the eraser tool down the edge of layer 7 and see if the shadow disappears.

Dave

c.pfaffenbichler

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Another way to check for something like this is hitting cmd-T – is the bounding box as expected or does it include space that should be empty?

c.pfaffenbichler

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There appears to be off-canvas content.

You could

• Select > Select All

• Image > Crop

martinm81036548Author

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That was exactly the issue. Thanks so much. How do I accept the answer?

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