How to reproduce this dropshadow effect in photoshop?

[fobsgonewild]

Plain old drop shadows are boring! I am trying to reproduce the attached drop shadow effect.

What I have tried to far is

- Create layer with shape
- Apply drop shadow
- Right click dropshadow > Create layer, this puts the dropshadow on its own layer
- Then warping the shadow

But this is not really producing what I want.

Does anyone else know how to do it?

Thanks!

 

[flipboy]

maybe split the image into two images then apply drop shadow to each and mess with them independently.. then when you're done rejoin them together into one.

I don't know if that would work just trying to help.

 

[wizzpig666]

i would have probably just used a black paintbrush on the layer underneath to make a stroke, give it some gaussian blur or such and then duplicated and flipped horizontally.

 

[wetgravy]

duplicate layer, rasterize layer or merge with a clear layer (if a shape or has multiple effects on it), lock the layer opacity, fill -> black, unlock layer opacity, blur -> gausian blur, transform -> warp, turn on mask, on mask -> 3 tone gradient from left to right (white to black to white), opacity -> 75%