{"id":41,"date":"2016-02-15T16:07:44","date_gmt":"2016-02-15T16:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danielepais.com\/journal\/2016\/02\/15\/how-to-drop-a-shadow-to-an-image-in-photoshop-cs6\/"},"modified":"2022-02-03T14:17:51","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T07:17:51","slug":"how-to-drop-a-shadow-to-an-image-in-photoshop-cs6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielepais.com\/journal\/how-to-drop-a-shadow-to-an-image-in-photoshop-cs6\/","title":{"rendered":"How to drop a shadow to an image in Photoshop CS6"},"content":{"rendered":"

REQUIREMENTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Platform:<\/strong> Windows<\/a>
\nImage Editing Software:<\/strong> Adobe Photoshp CS6
\nExpertise:<\/strong> Beginner
\nTime:<\/strong> 3 Minutes<\/p>\n

Sometimes even the most simple editing can be a difficult task if you are not an expert\u00a0of\u00a0the imaging software that you are using. Here is a quick tutorial on how to<\/a> drop a shadow<\/a> to an image using Adobe Photoshop CS6.<\/p>\n

To begin with, open the image that you want to edit by right clicking on it and choosing “Open With” from the menu choice, then select Photoshop, or double click on it if Photoshop is already the default image editing software your system<\/a> is set to.<\/p>\n

STEP 1 – Open Image with Photoshop<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Open
\nImage 1 – Open image with Photoshop<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

STEP 2\u00a0– Double click to unlock<\/strong>
\nNow that you have your image open, from the bottom right panel, on the layers tab, double click the background layer and select OK on the window prompt. You have now unlocked it and can apply loads of changes to that layer.<\/p>\n

\"double
\nImage\u00a02 – Double click to unlock<\/p>\n

\"press
\nImage 3 – Press OK to unlock the background layer<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

STEP 3\u00a0– Enlarge Canvas<\/strong>
\nUse the combination keys Ctrl+Alt+C to launch the canvas size configuration panel. From here add 1 inch from both width and height values. Remember to select the “Relative” checkbox.<\/p>\n

\"enlarge
\nImage 4\u00a0– Open the configuration panel for the canvas<\/p>\n

\"add
\nImage 5\u00a0– Select the checkbox “Relative” and add 1 inch to the values.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

STEP 4\u00a0– Add a layer style<\/strong>
\nFrom the bottom right of the screen, click on the “fx” icon to add a layer style. Now choose the last item from the bottom on the menu pop up window, (Drop Shadow).<\/p>\n

\"select
\nImage 6\u00a0– Select drop shadow<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

STEP 5\u00a0– Configure your shadow properties<\/strong>
\nFrom the Layer Style pop up windows you can now select the blend mode type, the color,\u00a0opacity angle and size of the shadow.<\/p>\n

\"select
\nImage 7\u00a0– Configure the shadow as you like it<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

That’s it, you have now successfully added a shadow to your image.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

REQUIREMENTS:\"drop<\/strong><\/p>\n

Platform:<\/strong> Windows
\nImage Editing Software:<\/strong> Adobe Photoshp CS6
\nExpertise:<\/strong> Beginner
\nTime:<\/strong> 3 Minutes<\/p>\n

Sometimes even the most simple editing can be a difficult task if you are not an expert of the imaging software that you are using. Here is a quick tutorial on how to drop a shadow to an image using Adobe Photoshop CS6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[225,239],"tags":[146,151,148,149,150,147,152],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t