so im trying to make these:


here's how mines turned out:


mine looks wrong .. and FLAT . how can i make it pop up more like the one im trying to make ? :/

In the first one it looks like theres more of a drop shadow to it. The shiny part on yours need to look more natural, meaning make the glare smaller. I hope that somewhat helps, I can't explain things very well.

the glare on the original is faded. it gradually becomes more opaque in the center and more transparent around the edges; yours is just the same opacity throughout.

how does this look?


i made the distance to dropshadow to a 3 .. it used to be 0
and i also made the glare a teeny bit smaller

and im putting these together to compare ..

The distance should probably be around 5 and a bigger blur to it. That should do the trick.

2nd try > 3rd try

how is it now ? >.<

Maybe try adding more shadowing on the picture on the bottom. Maybe if that's a little darker...


But it's getting better. :) Not as flat. Which is always good.

i think i got it now :D
thanks so much <3

Of course.

Do you want me to close this now?

yup :D