how to create realistic drop shadow in photoshop
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Creating Realistic Drop ShadowEffect in Photoshop
Here, you will learn on how to create realistic drop shadoweffect in Photoshop.
I hope that it will help the beginner level of Photoshop usersespecially in a great deal.
At first, open the image that you want to work with. Before
we can add a shadow to someone, we first need to selectthem.
Using the selection tool of your choice, you can draw a
selection around the person or object in the photo.
With the person or object selected, press Ctrl+J on your
keyboard to quickly copy the selection to a new layer.
Add some extra canvas space to make room for the shadowusing Crop tool.
Hold down your Ctrl key and click on the New Layer icon at
the bottom of the Layers panel to add a new layer below
Layer 1.
Let’s create a new background for the effect using agradient. Click on the Foreground color swatch near the
bottom of the Tools panel.
By default, it should be showing black. This opens Color Picker
where we can choose a new Foreground color. Next, select the
Gradient Tool from the Tools panel.
With the Gradient Tool active, rightclick anywhere inside the
document window to quickly bring up the Gradient Picker and
make sure you have Foreground to Background – selected.
Press Enter when you are done to close out of the Gradient
Picker.
Then, click near the bottom of the document, hold down your
Shift key and drag straight up until you are just above the
horizontal center of the image.
Holding the Shift key as you drag constrains your movements,
making it easier to drag vertically.
Release your mouse button and Photoshop draws thegradient, which becomes the new background for the image.
Next, add a New Layer above the Gradient.
Hold down your Ctrl key and click directly on the top layer’s
preview thumbnail in the Layers panel. Do not select the layer,
just click on its thumbnail.
This instantly loads a selection around the contents of the layer.
Fill the Selection with Black after that. Next, Distort the shadowinto Position.
The edges of the shadow look a little too crisp and sharp, solet’s apply a slight blur to it.
For a shadow to look realistic, the edges need to becomegradually softer the further away it extends from the subject.
To create this effect, you need to use Quick Mask Mode togradually select the Shadow. Apply the Gaussian Blur FilterAgain, add a Layer Mask and set the Foreground Color.
Lastly, Draw a Gradient across the shadow on the LayerMask and lower the opacity of the shadow so it doesn’t
appear quite so dark near the subject.
It will sum up the whole process.
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