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Here is Long Shadow 2 (photoshop action). This unbelievable cool 3D shadow effect which you can choose between 2 directions and 2 shadow length (255px and 85px).
This is a easy to use and pixel perfect photoshop action which is ideal for 1024 px icons and is compatible with Photoshop CS3 > CC.