Tips for Creating Realistic Shadows in Photoshop Tutorial

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In this Photoshop tutorial, we cover tips for how to create more realistic shadows in Photoshop. First we cover a bit of theory on shadows-what are the different types of shadow and when does each appear based on the lighting. Then we show how to create the primary types of shadows-cast shadows, ambient shadows and contact shadows.
Hope you find it helpful! And you can also post other Photoshop questions you’d like answered in future episodes in the comments. We’ll do our best to get to them.
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00:00:21 - Reviewing bad shadows
00:01:37 - Types of shadows
00:08:22 - Basics of shadows
00:09:07 - Creating soft shadows
00:17:32 - Creating hard shadows
00:25:33 - Transferring your existing shadows
00:28:55 - Top view contact shadows
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@photonsonpixels Ай бұрын

This is a fantastic tutorial Rikard! Thank you so much. Jorge.

@harisudha007 Жыл бұрын

Mind-blowing when the real shadow is copied and moved to the composite. Thank you !

@WanderFeetChronicles 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Rikard. Shadows and realistic shadows have always been an issue with composites. This helps immensely.

@davidrachlin3557 2 жыл бұрын

This is the best shadow tutorial I've ever seen. I will repeat it a few times to master the techniques for my compositing.

@photocreativity Жыл бұрын

Fantastic tutorial from the master! Thanks Ricard.

@patrickdelahanty6700 2 жыл бұрын

Much more advanced for the work I do, but I love watching the creativity. Thank you.

@thabomatlebe7255 2 жыл бұрын

You are Best Teacher.

@ralphpayne6259 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for a really quick master class on shadow creation. Excellent explanation of the basics to always follow. Shadow compositing made realistic (but will now have to redo some old ones!l

@kian6206 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@kehindesuleiman5738 2 жыл бұрын

Superb and really invaluable shadow technique here. Thanks greatly for sharing Rikard. Love it ❤️💕💖

@giselaschall 2 жыл бұрын

Very well explained, very good and friendly teacher. And the interlocutor was also helpful. Shadows, a topic I've been nibbling around with for a while in the area of painting and drawing. Here again the basic knowledge and connections explained, among other things, very good to remember it. Repeat repeat repeat in Photoshop (even with my slightly older version...) Thanks for this instructive tutorial!

@wasimsuperb Жыл бұрын

Sir its amazing work

@nuclylearn Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, sir!

@Florence4462 Жыл бұрын

Hi Ricard, love your demos for teaching myself PS!! You are always very clear and precise. I'm encountering an issue when replicating what you do at 19:21 when my PS won't let me transform the gradient shape I created and gives me a message saying "could not transform because the initial bounding rectangle is empty"....I searched the net high and low for an explanation/solution to no avail. What am I doing wrong? I'm using the latest PS version (2023). Can you help me? 😉 Thank you

@nuclylearn Жыл бұрын

Hey Florence, in the latest update of Photoshop, gradients became "dynamic" - meaning, they remain an editable gradient layer rather than pixels. For this reason, you can't transform a gradient without first rasterizing it. To do this, select the gradient layer in your layer palette, right-mouse click and then go to "rasterize layer." After that, you'll be able to transform the gradient. Alternately, you can change the mode of your gradient tool to "classic gradient" and it won't create a dynamic layer, instead simply adding pixels to your active layer which you can then transform.

@Florence4462 Жыл бұрын

@@nuclylearn Awww, thx a million Rikard for your time in explaining the solution. Works perfectly now 🤩 Discovered your channel when bumping into your "How to Create a Cinematic Mood and Atmosphere in Photoshop" and it got me to check other fab demos you did and find the golden hour one that I'm gonna implement for my daughter's photo album. I'll defo check your channel for other tips! Happy Sunday to you 😃

@pacoayala4664 Жыл бұрын

Hi I’ve seen you use the gradient multiple time on an image, over and over, to add or delete part of the image, without creating more gradients, how do you do that, i don’t know if I’ve been clear to ask the question eg. when you where masking part of the background of the man with the shadow….

@nuclylearn Жыл бұрын

99% of the time that I use the gradient tool, I use the preset "foreground to transparent." This allows me to use the gradient tool as many times as I need, with each gradient layering on top of the previous one. Hope that answers your question.

@pacoayala4664 Жыл бұрын

@@nuclylearn thanks so much, I recently bought the master class and I am amazed about your knowledge and teaching method, thanks again PS the price is a real gift too