How to do shadow creation in photoshop CS6
Shadow Creation In Photoshop CS6
By Sila Mahmud
Step 1 Select the photo
Select the photo and click to Elliptical Marquee Tool
Step 2 Select the ballUsing anElliptical Marquee Tool, select the ball. You can constrain your selection by holding down theShiftkey on your keyboard (this will make your Elliptical Marquee Tool a perfect circle).You can "cycle through" all the selection tools by pressingShift+M.
Step 3 Send the selected objected to a new layer.
After selecting the ball, pressCtrl+J(or do it the long way by going to: Layer > New > Layer via Copy). This will throw anything selected (ball in this case) up to a new layer.
Step 4Fill the background with a solid color which must be white
PressDon your keyboard to take your current colors to the default white and black values. Now pressCtrl+Delete. If you were on a Background layer, it should now be filled with white color, if it's not, something has gone terribly wrong.
Step 5 Create a Shadaw
Select theBrush Toolby pressingB( for brush). Set theMaster Diameterto 100px andHardnessto 0% (right click your mouse anywhere inside of your image to get the following 2nd pop-up). Must be done on a separate layer!
Step 6 Stretch Out Your Newly Created Shadow Horizontally And Lower The Opacity To 60%
Step 7Create A Second 50% Smaller Shadow In A New Layer And Transform It AccordinglyNow select minimum 50pxMaster Diametertools of of theBrush Tooland in a new layer create a second, smaller "shadow". You will leave this one at 100%Opacity.
Step 8 Positioning (A Little Bit Of Theory / Explanation)
Once you have aligned them (you can select multiple layers by holding down theCtrlkey, clicking on the layers you want selected and then selecting an alignment option from a menu that looks like this:
Step 9 Saving The Final Image As A Png (Optional)
Click on the "eye" icon right beside your main Background layer. This will disable (or hide, if you will) that specific layer. Now press Ctrl + Alt + Shift + S (aka Save for Web).
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Shadow Creation