Unmesh Dinda 0:00
Hi there, this is Unmesh and today I'm going
to share with you a much better way to create
realistic drop shadows in Photoshop.
You know what's better than one drop shadow?
Multiple ones.
Let me show you what I mean.
So here we have a colored background and on
top of it, we have a simple text.
Usually, if we had to add drop shadow to it,
how would we do it?
Double click on the right hand side of the
layer, this would show up the Layer Style
dialog box.
Now, inside of that, we would probably check
Drop Shadow, select that and then control
the Opacity, Distance and everything.
So, let's zoom in to the text.
We can actually move the drop shadow from
the image, that's a great tip.
So, let's move it right there a little bit.
Let's increase the Size and the Opacity.
And it looks great.
But, it doesn't look fantastic or amazing.
How do we make it more realistic?
How do we take it up a notch?
Here's how we do that.
First of all, let's take it even further.
And now, let's decrease the Opacity to somewhere
about 15% and increase the Size even more.
Now here's the trick, instead of using one
drop shadow, why not use more?
So click on the '+' button right there, this
creates one more drop shadow.
You can bring it a little closer.
And by the way, if you check Use Global Light,
all of them will follow the same angle.
So, if you uncheck them, all of the drop shadows
will be independent.
But if you check them, every drop shadow will
change the angle with the other one.
So I'm going to keep it checked because I
like it in the same direction.
You can keep it unchecked, that's upon you.
Now, what you can do, you can decrease the
size if you want to and then the distance.
You want to bring it a little closer than
the previous one.
So, I'm going to keep it at about this distance
and increase the size to probably this one
and decrease the Opacity even more to about
13%.
Let's create one more.
Click on the '+' again, it creates one more
drop shadow, bring it even closer, and then
decrease the size to see where it is actually,
so, right about there, it's great, and control
the size.
This is okay.
Now, have a look at this, three drop shadows
looking much better than just one.
Now you can go even further by creating one
more drop shadow.
And this time, let's decrease the size even
more and bring it closer.
You can control it the Distance as well.
So I'm going to move it at about this position,
maybe let's increase the Opacity a bit and
increase the Size.
Now, you can always play with Opacity, Distance,
Spread and everything later, but once you're
satisfied, just hit OK.
Now, if later, you make a decision that you
need to decrease the Opacity of the closest
drop shadow, you can always double click on
in here and change the values whenever you
want.
So, I'm going to keep it at about 7%.
And that's great.
So that's how we use Multiple Drop Shadows
function to create a realistic drop shadow
in Photoshop.
Thank you so much for watching.
I'll see you guys in my next one.
Till then, stay tuned and make sure that you
keep creating.
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