Perspective Shadow in Fireworks Tutorial

In this tutorial we will explore methods in shadow creation. First you are going to need an image to add a shadow to, I used the spoon below. Extract the image you want using the polygon lasso tool, and past it onto your canvas.

Rotate your image into a standing position by click on the image and choosing Modify > Transform > Free Transform.

Duplicate your image by pressing Ctrl+C and then Ctrl+V.

Move the bottom of the two image outward, we are going to turn this one into a shadow. Click on the duplicate, and choose Filters > Adjust Color > Levels.

Once inside the levels menu, you are going to take the arrow on the "white" end of the gradient scale, and move it all the way towards the black end. This is, essentially, turning all the pixels in your image to black.

You should have something similar to mine.

Now we need to add some perspective to our shadow. Choose Modify > Transform > Skew. Expand the bottom of the image, and tighten the top.

Now we need to position our shadow in its correct spot. Choose Modify > Transform > Free Transform. Move your shadow downward, and rotate it so that the bottom of your two images touch as shown below. Depending on how long you want your shadow to be, and in turn, how high/low you want your light source to be, adjust the scale of your shadow.

Next we are going to fade our shadow a bit. You can use masks to do this, but using the 'Fade Image" filter is a bit easier. Choose Commands > Creative > Fade image. Choose the fading style that corresponds with the direction of your shadow.

Your done! Your image now has a perspective shadow, here is how mine turned out.