We lighten up shadowed areas while breaking in those unruly highlights.

Shadows are a part of everyday life and, it sometimes seems, a part of most images we see in print or on the Web.

Learn what you can do to capture sharp, crisp photos that are free of blur and noise. Includes information on shutter speed, aperture, iso, contrast, tripods, and camera lenses.

Highlight a button in a different way than usual.

See how to retouch dark and imperfect photos to get an illuminated output.

Sometimes the only thing that keeps a good portrait from being a great portrait is a little too much shine on the skin. Here's a quick and easy way to tone down those highlights.

Learn how to restore hidden details in areas such as overcast skies. This final outcome is natural with no halos or other defects.

Create wonderful color highlights with a simple adjustment layer.

This is a basic tutorial that will teach you several ways to make a dropshadow in Photoshop.

Here I'll explain how to work as a Pro with shadow. It`s impossible to show all different skills here, but I suggest you to try and experiment.

Add a shadow to any person you'd like.

Make your graphics stand out with these drop shadows.

Obtaining a good shot of a shadow interacting with your subject can be difficult, especially considering that you can cast shadows too... but why spend hours frustrated by nature's lighting problems, when you can simply take any shot you like and add your shadows later?

Advanced shadow techniques from Photoshop pro Mark Galer.

You should think about adding dramatic shadows to a photo when you want to create an emotional edge or emphasize a specific area or feature of the subject.

This teaches you how to make a very realistic shadow in Photoshop - in this case, the shadow is made by a cow. Also teaches how to cut and paste a part of one image into another (cow into parking lot, cow into McDonald's, etc...)

In this tutorial I will teach you how to cast a realistic shadow that will top off your picture perfectly.

Overemphatic shadows can often ruin the balance of photos, and they can even mask out details. There are several methods and features for retaining balance (e.g. Shadow/Highlights, contained in Photoshop CS and above), but the most effective way is to handle the problem yourself.

Photoshop can be used for many things. One of these things is editing photographs, putting people or objects in environments that they were not originally in. However, there are many problems that arise when doing something like this, the main thin

Learn how to truly make a picture worth a thousand words by adding a different shadow behind someone in a photo, as if the person will one day become the image in the shadow! A fun, easy and popular Photoshop effect that's limited only by your imagination!