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