Important tip after unlocking the mask is ALWAYS LINK IT BACK after editing the position. Otherwise the next time you move a group of layers with one of them having an unlinked mask, the mask will not follow and mess up that layer. Especially if the mask is too subtle to notice.
This is definitely easier, especially when using keyboard short cuts for simple things, e.g. z for select, ctrl +, I for eyedropper, things like that. If your affiliated w/ PS then that's a lot easier
It is best to remember that shadows change drastically with the lighting of the background, so it would be better to try and see where the light is coming from, and take a color from the background rather than the body. Even then, for the sake of perspective it is sometimes better to draw in shadows yourself, like when the shadow would be below the person. The softness of the shadow also depends on how bright it is. The brighter the light the more solid the shadow will appear, and if there are multiple lights, there will actually be multiple shadows.
That shadow is ok...if it was an overcast day or diffused light source. A shadow cause by direct sunlight would be a darker harsher shadow with barley any blur. Sometimes looking up some references can help in getting the right type of shadows to match. In this case "desert sun light shadows" are a good set of key words to use.
As an artist, it pains when people add this warped shadow without an obvious lightsource that will make a shadow that way, if we actually consider the environment and how the girl herself looks, the shadow will be from above thats tilted to the side which will give a shadow on the bottom that is *slightly* to the side and probably wont show the proportions
This is a tutorial to "Create Realistic Cast Shadows in Photoshop", not to show us how to draw a perfect shadow for that specific picture. Focus on the relevant.
i didnât understand how to do the second one so iâll just stick to the one that you simply draw đ fun fact: i donât know how to do the first one neither đ
I mean as someone who has actually used this technique once you get it down, it only takes like 5 mins tops,, this tip is also really good for beginners who struggle with drawing shadows by hand,,, by using a mixture of this and drawing not only can you teach them to draw by hand, but also allow them to make something solid in the process.
âââ@@brutusthebear9050 For me, it's less of a shortcut and more of a "one of the many ways to Rome". If you want to draw by hand, go ahead. If you want to use this method, it's fine, too. Everyone has their own way of making art, and there's no "right or wrong" and "better or worse" at doing it.
This works so long as you have a light source hitting from the right direction and don't mind fuzzy shadows, but we all have a shadow, we see it all the time, is it often that blurry and faded toward one end? I'm looking at mine right now, slight blur around the edge but nice and crisp for the most part. This type of shadow is more similar to early video game shadows.
@@TapJegi yeah that's why I opened with "this works" and followed up with extra words to indicate that, while it will paint an effective shadow, it doesn't look perfect. Like you said. I don't really see the problem.
@@Acurites itâs about the sun and how the shadows are on her face compared with the lighting of the sun everywhere else. Not the shadow added behind her
Another tip to make the shadow more realistic is to make a very tiny black outline around the point of contact between the subject and the ground like a second shadow.
If you are an occasional photoshop user, sure. But if you want to regularly do image editing, then its really important you learn these things to do a job quickly.
this is definitely NOT harder than doing it by hand wtf are you on about đ. doing a decent realistic shadow by hand can take hours to get right, whereas after doing this a couple times it take 5-10 mins tops.
@@kllause6681 doing it by hand and pressing Ctrl+z a few times itsn't as complex as go to multiple dropdown menu's multiple times, drag here drag there, nah, hardest part is gradient but thats still quick, idk, i don't use PS, i can see the usage being helpful, so i don't think its useless or anything, just more tedious for something as small as one persons silhouette on a completely flat surface.
This only works if youre looking in more or less the same direction as the sun (Think about someone standing with their side facing you and arms spread. You don't see the arms in the outline, but for sure in the shadow)
You're the only other person (other than Joss Rossi) who I've seen who applies a gradient mask so the further the shadow is, the fainter the shadow is. This is really attention to detail đđ
Copying the subject would also copy the rest of the image and Layer Mask. You would then have to either, apply the mask, or keep both and unnecessarily bloating the file size.
Consistantly making layet masks helps in the long run Say you're making a big project and when you're already so far in you realized you cropped it wrong or whatever, instead of meticulously redoing your selection you can easily make adjustments to the layer mask And there's also tons of other applications for the technique aswell
You can also just use the opacity tool to make it sit on the background more realistically as you'll also be able to see some of the floor texture. Notice he edited the hardest bit, actually getting the shadow to sit properly in perspective
This is so informative! Thank you for telling me this! I will never use this information in my life! Mainly because i don't have photoshop nor i have ever wanted to learn it lol.
I'm watching this like i have a project due tomorrow and i forgot to do it so i need to start learning... Bruh, i'm still in middle school with the minimal responsibility rnđđźâđšđ
a shadow is clear and seeable on the places near the contact to the shadow and the farther it gets for example to the head it would slowly get blurrier
Friendly reminder that any kind of blending or masking an area based on pixel count shouldn't be a hard value but rather a ratio. Some images might be 600 pixels wide, and others 20,000
Why am I watching this? Itâs 1 am and I have a test tomorrow.
I DONâT EVEN HAVE PHOTOSHOP!
That's what I asked myself after finishing the video, minus the test part
it's the algorithm it know you wanted to know this đ€Ł
Yea itâs the same for me
Welcome to the Internet, where you are compelled to scroll and for some reason comment.
4am rn
The shadow tip is ok at best, but UNLINKING TO ADJUST THE GRADIENT on the mask is crazy useful for other edits! đŁđ„
Iâve struggled with using the gradient tool to get the correct gradient. Unlinking and moving is genius. đ€Šââïž
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Never knew you could do that! I just keep redoing the gradient over and over until I get it where I want it lol
Iâm gonna act like I know all of this
Important tip after unlocking the mask is ALWAYS LINK IT BACK after editing the position. Otherwise the next time you move a group of layers with one of them having an unlinked mask, the mask will not follow and mess up that layer. Especially if the mask is too subtle to notice.
I think Iâll just stick to making shadows by hand.
Chad move. It'll ultimately be more useful especially when the tools aren't there, it'll force you to learn the mechanics of light and shadow.
@@Bax365 traditional photo editing sounds like hell
This is definitely easier, especially when using keyboard short cuts for simple things, e.g. z for select, ctrl +, I for eyedropper, things like that. If your affiliated w/ PS then that's a lot easier
Seriously man⊠I donât even photoshop..
Yep
This one short taught me more about shadows than an entire semester of photoshop classes
Me watching this, even tho I don't have Photoshop: đïžđđïž
Me watching this. Has a photoshop. Who needs photoshop and is useful for me. But im going to forget itđ
Lol yes
â@@fixsationon7244 bro exactly đ I have photoshop and use it all the time but like hth am I gonna remember all these steps lol
Me:
also me:
Me watching this knowing I won't use any of these skills: đđđ
Me watching knowing I donât even draw
Bruh same
Same I don't even have Photoshop.
It's 5AM. I haven't slept. And now I'm capable of a photoshop skill I never had.
Please sleep đ„ș
Chad.
Field Blur is what I was looking for for more than 10 years as a graphic designer đ
It is best to remember that shadows change drastically with the lighting of the background, so it would be better to try and see where the light is coming from, and take a color from the background rather than the body. Even then, for the sake of perspective it is sometimes better to draw in shadows yourself, like when the shadow would be below the person. The softness of the shadow also depends on how bright it is. The brighter the light the more solid the shadow will appear, and if there are multiple lights, there will actually be multiple shadows.
Very well said.
So whose gunna get him to 1k likes? I'm 997 đ
998 boyz
1k when?
hey man i like your old music playlist
That shadow is ok...if it was an overcast day or diffused light source. A shadow cause by direct sunlight would be a darker harsher shadow with barley any blur. Sometimes looking up some references can help in getting the right type of shadows to match. In this case "desert sun light shadows" are a good set of key words to use.
even so he gave you all of the tools to make and adjust shadows for most situations
Yeah. Just give it less blur and stretch it further if it's a hard light or spotlight.
His tip still works tho
Yeah it's a flat space with not much indirect light coming from the surroundings
That and there would be different lighting on the person
ah yes, I'll remember this easy and simple strategy
As an artist, it pains when people add this warped shadow without an obvious lightsource that will make a shadow that way, if we actually consider the environment and how the girl herself looks, the shadow will be from above thats tilted to the side which will give a shadow on the bottom that is *slightly* to the side and probably wont show the proportions
This is a tutorial to "Create Realistic Cast Shadows in Photoshop", not to show us how to draw a perfect shadow for that specific picture. Focus on the relevant.
â@@kaiserkuhnz7163the shadow is not going to be realistic if it does not match the light source. Might as well just draw it by hand.
i didnât understand how to do the second one so iâll just stick to the one that you simply draw đ
fun fact: i donât know how to do the first one neither đ
By the time you're done fiddling with all the settings and setting up the layer mask, I have drawn the shadow by hand ten times over.
Honestly đ
airbrush does the workđ
I mean as someone who has actually used this technique once you get it down, it only takes like 5 mins tops,,
this tip is also really good for beginners who struggle with drawing shadows by hand,,, by using a mixture of this and drawing not only can you teach them to draw by hand, but also allow them to make something solid in the process.
â@@kllause6681 Isn't it better to struggle with something until you get it, doing it wrong, rather than taking shortcuts?
âââ@@brutusthebear9050 For me, it's less of a shortcut and more of a "one of the many ways to Rome".
If you want to draw by hand, go ahead. If you want to use this method, it's fine, too. Everyone has their own way of making art, and there's no "right or wrong" and "better or worse" at doing it.
đ Whoa, this guy knows his stuff!
Omg Iâm a high school student with graphics tech and this helps so much
This works so long as you have a light source hitting from the right direction and don't mind fuzzy shadows, but we all have a shadow, we see it all the time, is it often that blurry and faded toward one end? I'm looking at mine right now, slight blur around the edge but nice and crisp for the most part. This type of shadow is more similar to early video game shadows.
then just put a lesser value into the blur field. His job is just to showcase that such option exists, not to make a perfect picture here.
@@TapJegi yeah that's why I opened with "this works" and followed up with extra words to indicate that, while it will paint an effective shadow, it doesn't look perfect. Like you said. I don't really see the problem.
Okay thatâs going to work but now we have the separate issue of the background having a different lighting than the light on the person
And the fact that she's 5 inches tall.
â@@FranzFartinand you say that like you're not bozo
Well couldn't the shadow just have its position changed to align with the lighting?
@@Acurites itâs about the sun and how the shadows are on her face compared with the lighting of the sun everywhere else. Not the shadow added behind her
â@@aeisling ohh I see. Ty for explaining that
Already found a great use for this, thank you for much!
this is what i used to do back when i was an amateur (except without the gradient, i actually hadn't thought of that)
Me listening to this very carefully for 5 times even though I donât have photo shopâŠâŠ.
I donât have my hw doneđ
why the fuck is your name sushi cat
Same đ
Another tip to make the shadow more realistic is to make a very tiny black outline around the point of contact between the subject and the ground like a second shadow.
If you are an occasional photoshop user, sure. But if you want to regularly do image editing, then its really important you learn these things to do a job quickly.
this dude taught me more than my art design teacher at school
We are learning photo shop for our 3rd grading and this really helped me!
Very handy, especially for those like myself who are too poor to draw digitally
"Don't do shadows by hand instead do this!" *proceeds to make it 100x harder than doing it by hand*
this is definitely NOT harder than doing it by hand wtf are you on about đ. doing a decent realistic shadow by hand can take hours to get right, whereas after doing this a couple times it take 5-10 mins tops.
@@kllause6681 you gonna loop the tutorial after fucking up which adds half an hour or more to that edit
@@kllause6681 doing it by hand and pressing Ctrl+z a few times itsn't as complex as go to multiple dropdown menu's multiple times, drag here drag there, nah, hardest part is gradient but thats still quick, idk, i don't use PS, i can see the usage being helpful, so i don't think its useless or anything, just more tedious for something as small as one persons silhouette on a completely flat surface.
Bro's actually doing good shadows
Another great use of the Shorts. Bravo!
I generally do this, minus the gradient step. Great suggestion!
Awesome tip. Don't forget to set the shadow layer to Multiply!
This only works if youre looking in more or less the same direction as the sun
(Think about someone standing with their side facing you and arms spread. You don't see the arms in the outline, but for sure in the shadow)
Iâve never used photoshop and this was all super obvious (except for getting a shadow from the first image, thatâs a really good tip)
omg thank you so much this really helped with making a custom shadow to my photos!
It's funny how I watch all these Photoshop tutorials and yet I don't even do anything related to photo manipulation lol
You can add a shadow effect too
Remember that you can also use the drop shadow effect and mess with the settings too if this doesnât work for you :)
I will do what I want!
I love my Shadowing technique
That shadow looks like the sun is a spotlight that is close to her and very low above her.
(but the angle could be adjusted to fix that)
Use 3D feature auto light shadow effect
It better
i actually have photoshop classes in school and this helps alot!
this is basically what i do when drawing(I dont have photoshop but I do draw a lot)
Looked better without shadow. The shadow is also blurred too much . One would expect a harsh shadow there
Tip: don't add a shadow there
Awesome
Shadows are really defined in the real world they arenât always blurry
I don't even have photoshop but these videos are entertaining for some reason
You're the only other person (other than Joss Rossi) who I've seen who applies a gradient mask so the further the shadow is, the fainter the shadow is.
This is really attention to detail đđ
Only problem is that its broad daylight with harsh sun. So the shadow is going to be roughly the same darkness throughout.
1. Drop shadow
2.done
I learned this on my own. I feel cool now.
I am in a media class and this would have been really useful for first trimester
"STOP dont draw it on, just do this - "
*proceeds to list 1000 complicated photoshop steps*
It was medium difficulty at most
Why don't you just copy the subject , then fill it with black and go from there , this needless overcomplication sucks really.
Copying the subject would also copy the rest of the image and Layer Mask. You would then have to either, apply the mask, or keep both and unnecessarily bloating the file size.
Consistantly making layet masks helps in the long run
Say you're making a big project and when you're already so far in you realized you cropped it wrong or whatever, instead of meticulously redoing your selection you can easily make adjustments to the layer mask
And there's also tons of other applications for the technique aswell
@Photoshop Training Channel You can pick the selection of the subject witha click and copy bruh
@Rae Ryuko Actually i see it as making masks for every unnecessary thing like this is just cluttering your file.
Definitely works when in graphics class, we are working in photoshop! đ
You are a genius. I suck at shadows, now I don't.
âWait start over I didnât quite get thatâ
I kinda imagined somethinf like this good job u have read my mind
When they say it is not rocket science, this isn't what they were thinking about
I've been doing this for a long time now. Easy and work's perfectly
Wow thanks thats actually ^^ really helpful
This is WONDERFUL!!! đđŒđđŒđđŒ
Way simpler way to do this would be to just dupe the layer and apply a solid color, then do the warp and blur.
this was super helpful and quick holy shit
Thx for advice!
Nice shadow tip
As a person who have never photoshopped their entire life, this is really helpful
You can also just use the opacity tool to make it sit on the background more realistically as you'll also be able to see some of the floor texture. Notice he edited the hardest bit, actually getting the shadow to sit properly in perspective
This is so helpful for my brain!
thats cool its a good tip
I don't even have a computer or laptop
And I don't plan to do photoshop
And still I'm watching
This is so informative! Thank you for telling me this! I will never use this information in my life! Mainly because i don't have photoshop nor i have ever wanted to learn it lol.
Thanks, my class uses photoshop so this really helps đ
Nice! Now all I need is this program and I am good to go!
Thanks that is gonna be useful, I'll try it tomorrow :>
gotta love the internet... I've been working in photoshop since.. well since I was a baby...(thank you dad :) ) and still learn stuff ^_^
warded. This will make a fine addition to my collection
Could you do a video on what all the blending modes mean
Hey cool thanks for the sweet tips to make it easier for me to make even cooler stuff for my CZcams
Well it makes me feel better to know I already did this when I was younger (I didnât do this on photoshop tho, I was an ibisX paint enjoyer)
Thatâs a lot of work ima stick with drawing my shadows thanks for the help though!
Nah why did the hand drawn shadow look good tho ngl
This video taught me more then my teachers combined teaches
Wow ! Good tutorial :)
i dont even have photoshop..yet i stayed for the whole clip
I'm watching this like i have a project due tomorrow and i forgot to do it so i need to start learning...
Bruh, i'm still in middle school with the minimal responsibility rnđđźâđšđ
this looks like something you would see on india's youtube thumbnails
It looks as good as doing it by hand
Cooooll , Iâll forget this tomorrow but cooolll
thank you this was so helpful
Itâs a good trick to know, saves a lot of time
Thank you!
Short yet very informative.
I ainât even got photoshop but Iâm learning more than school
This is essentially what Artists do with shadows
a shadow is clear and seeable on the places near the contact to the shadow and the farther it gets for example to the head it would slowly get blurrier
Friendly reminder that any kind of blending or masking an area based on pixel count shouldn't be a hard value but rather a ratio. Some images might be 600 pixels wide, and others 20,000
It's pretty nice but after a few seconds i would be lost in functions đ
Thx it really helpedđ
Gonna have to take notes for future reference
I don't have Photoshop, its almost 12 am, I have a test tomorrow and I havent even studied a thing... Good video my guy
Woow soo easy for begginers soo easy
Every photographer assistant: SUBJECT!
This was more help full than my real photo shop class where doing gmetrix