Drop shadow in layers

[irishdeej]

I have an image with 5 layers. Each layer has a drop shadow. But if I give an angle of say 90, all other layers take this angle, which I do not want. I do not have the layers linked. Any ideas how I can get around this?

[tx51210]

Sounds like you are using layer styles to create the drop shadow. On layers that you do not want to match, de-select the use global light checkbox on the drop shadow menu. Layers with this option turned off will not follow the shared lighting direction and attributes.

[rob170]

another way you might want to try is select the layer with drop shadow then in layers menu under layer styles select create layers and the drop shadow becomes a seperate layer

[tx51210]

Nice tip.
Only down side would be the loss of edit ability of the shadow thru the layer style menu and edits would be done manually. Would be a fast way to convert drop shadows to perspective shadows.