The Quickest way to create a Cast Shadow in Photoshop

Published: 11 July 2018
on channel: Laurence Baker
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A drop shadow is decorative, whereas a cast shadow is meant to be more realistic.

A Cast Shadow can be created quickly using a Layer Styles Drop Shadow in Photoshop. Then we little known process of turning a non-destructive layer style in a normal layer by using "Create Layer".

Then we use perspective transform and a gradient overlay to create a realistic cast shadow.