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johnsilvia
Joined: 13 May 2013
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 Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 3:30 pm Post subject: background and shadow |
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Hey Good Day everyone, I really hope you will be able to help me out.
I have 2 questions.
1. How can I achieve the same background as shown in the image on Photoshop (perhaps with "gradient overlay Photoshop") ?
2. How can I achieve accurate shadow as shown in the picture?
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thehermit
Joined: 05 Mar 2003
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Location: Cheltenham, UK
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| Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 3:08 am Post subject: |
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It looks like a typical seamless photographic paper background (maybe canvas type) with a large dose of Photoshop to clean up any edges and unwanted shadows. The shadow from the child is not created in Photoshop it's the natural shadow caste. I would guess that this image also has a small vignette added.
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Henry Catherin
Joined: 24 May 2013
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| Posted: Mon May 27, 2013 3:59 am Post subject: Re: background and shadow |
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Background with Gradient Overlay through Adobe Photoshop the first one, but have no idea about shadow which you mention in second one.  Sorry for inconvenience. |
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glaston1
Joined: 31 May 2013
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Location: United States
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| Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 11:59 am Post subject: |
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For the shadow:
Step 1- duplicate the layer with the subject(baby) and choose the color overlay layer style. Use black or dark gray, in multiply blend mode and play with opacity and noise.
Step 2-Use the transform tool to warp and distort the hell out of the shadow shape and modify the direction. This is all manual, no automation. but it works well and produces realistic results if you experiment with all the parameters under your control. Not just in the layer style, but in the layer blend mode, the opacity, fill opacity, shape, color.
OR, alternatively, you can do it completely manual using the burn tool in shadow mode with a light exposure setting. This is more tedious and requires painting skill but in some cases produces great results. But usually, with a single subject and shadow, and a simple background the color overlay layer style method is best. |
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