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Drop Shadows Do Not Blend With Background After Saving.... Stumped...???


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Every time I try to save my image as a png or jpeg my drop-shadows/highlights are coming out as solid white instead of being blended with the image/back ground. I tried googling but couldn't find a cause and importantly a fix. Fairly new to photoshop and basically learning as I go. Photoshop is pretty challenging and have solved past problems myself BUT.... this one has me banging my head on the wall...lol.. I want to save the image (android widget image) as a png without the dark background (to accomplish that I tried to save it against a transparent background but I always get that pure white shadow/highlight instead of the blended effect I want in the second image). Merging layers that make up this image I always get that pure white effect. Flatting the image same thing.... I'd appreciate a possible cause and most important a fix... Thanks in advance....

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Hi Pen2guin3, and welcome to PSG.

Can you provide a screen shot of how you want the graphic to appear before its saved, a screen shot of your layers panel or better yet, a PSD file?
 
Are you using a layer blend mode other than Normal on the affected layer? I have seen this be the culprit to exactly what you are describing many times.
 
I've encountered this before. What CS(orPS) version do you have? Am I correct in assuming you have 4 object layers with an adjustment or effect layer for each?

Whether it was an issue with CS4 I couldn't find an answer but managed a workaround by adding an empty layer above the object layer and its adjustment or effect layer, grouping them and merging. Save the psd first before doing this for each of the layers from the topmost to the bottom. Finally, flatten the layers.
 
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