Creating realistic shadows

Friday, July 4th, 2008 @ | Background Effects, Effects, Layers, Tutorials

By creating a cut out of an object that is to project the shadow, you can duplicate the layer and use the transform > distort effect to create the right perspective for the shadow before moving the layer behind the original object and darkening and reducing the opacity of the layer.

 

 

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