Realistic shadows

[bazzah]

Create realistic looking shadows using Tilt Shift Blur.

So you want Dr Who to visit Mars? It is easy to add the phone box, but it needs a shadow.

[attachment=46325:Phonebox.jpg]

Create your basic shadow shape and fill it black. Right click the layer, and convert it to a smart object.

[attachment=46326:basicshadow.jpg]

Now with your shadow layer selected, go to Filter - Blur Gallery - Tilt-Shift...

If you do not see the tilt-shift's lines, go to View - Show and make sure Edit Pins is ticked.

Here is an explanation as to what the lines do.

[attachment=46327:lines.jpg]

We are trying to achieve a fade in the blur. Perspective shadows will start with a sharp outline, and blur the further they are from the object. So in my example I have angled the lines to roughly the same angle as our start point, which is the base of the right side of the phone box. I then have the focus line far to the left, with the feather line near the end of the shadow. I then adjusted the blur and distortion scales until it looked about right.

[attachment=46328:tiltshadow.jpg]

Now add a gradient mask, so the shadow gets lighter as it gets further away from the shadow source.

And that's it. Hopefully you now have a realistic looking perspective shadow.

[attachment=46331:tiltshift.gif]

[sauron]

Nice tutorial Baz

[Booche]

Excellent TuT Baz, will have a play about with that

[VincentLupo]

Nice tut Baz!

[ripley]

QUOTE (Booche @ Nov 10 2021, 11:54 PM) Excellent TuT Baz, will have a play about with that

Exactly

[bazzah]

As always, I hope it helps someone

[Speedz0r]

Awesome guide boss