safety pin shadow

October 20, 2008

Picture this scenario… You’re making a layout, you want to add a safety pin that looks like it’s pinned to the paper or fabric that you’re using. So you cut out a section of the pin and then, to make it look real, you start to paint or burn and dodge some shadows so that the fabric looks raised. Half an hour later, your head is spinning from the number of times you’ve hit the undo keys and it’s nowhere near finished or looking like a pin through fabric.

I got sick of it and today I posted a message on the DST board that I was looking for a png file of the shadow. Wendyzine, kindly provided me with some tips on how to do it in photoshop using the emboss mode. From the tips Wendy gave me, I made the necessary png files to make the pin look like this:

I’ve included 4 files in the download – a shadow file and pinholes file for a lightly curved pin and a shadow file and pinholes file for a straight pin. There is also a text file with some simple instructions. The pin and paper are not included.

The shadows and pinholes for the safety pin look like this:

The TOU is simple, use it however you like, no credits required and use commercially if you want to. The only thing that I ask is that it’s not used for anything illegal.

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11 Responses to safety pin shadow

Tammy on October 21, 2008 at 1:33 am

Thanks so much!! I was trying to do that the other day.
Laura on October 21, 2008 at 2:07 am

Thanks! I have never tried to do this, because it is so difficult.
Jan Connair on October 21, 2008 at 4:22 am

Thanks for the png! You did an awesome job on this.
sabdesbois on October 21, 2008 at 4:39 am

I am agreeing with you: that kind of shadow and perspective are not easy to do. Great job on it and thanks for sharing your safety pin with us
Barb on October 21, 2008 at 4:43 am

That is super cool!
Donna (kygirl) on October 21, 2008 at 7:40 am

Isn’t Wendy just the best. Great looking actions.
annscraps on October 21, 2008 at 8:38 am

This looks great Rita! Can’t wait to try it out
cynthia on October 22, 2008 at 8:51 am

thanks so much! this could very well be the BEST thing I’ve downloaded to date!
Ephémère on December 1, 2008 at 3:14 am

WoW ! C’est très bien fait. Merci beaucoup pour le partage. Great ! Thank you very much for sharing your talent with us. Bye…
Randi Oh on February 9, 2009 at 11:55 am

awesome! i have one of my own, but this one is MUCH better — so thank you to Wnndy and thank you to you so much for making this and SHARING! Mwah!!
Nancy on May 4, 2009 at 11:39 am

Thanks so very much! These are really well done!