Learn how to create this punched out text using only layer styles.

Learn to create an indented line.

Add depth and contrast to your imagery.

In this tutorial you will learn how to add perspective shadows to character renders or text.

Make shadow 'cuts' in your artwork to give it a little more dimension.

Learn how to add shadows with perspective to shapes, text or isolated objects.

Add some visual interest to text with this easy shadow effect.

Learn how to create a cast shadow in a few simple steps that will look more realistic than a drop shadow.

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

Create a shadow with pixel art.

Let's start our shadow work by creating a basic shadow for some strawberries. Our unretouched image, is a good example; most shadows I am asked to create are this type of simple basic shadow.

Sometimes it is necessary to make an image a little brighter. Sometimes it is necessary to make it a little darker. But what if you need to do both? Or what if you only need to brighten up a small portion of an image, perhaps where there are some dar

This will teach you basically how to add gradient transparent shadows.

Sometimes a drop shadow needs to fall on only part of the layer or layers below.

Our tutorial will be about how to drop the right shadow in Photoshop and how to make a clean nice selection. This is a technical tutorial so we will get no pretty images in the end.

Create a nice looking shadow behind some text, and a simple reflection below it. Albeit being a very simple tutorial, this skill can be applied to many advanced techniques for a very impressive outcome.

This video clip shows how to use the shadow/highlight filter for photo retouching.

Sometimes your client has an image in which he would like to have the object cropped out of the background but retain the shadow. If the object is on a light background, this is generally a simple matter of dropping out the background.

Use Photoshop to help add a soft shadow for a product placement shot.

Learn how to enhance shadow and highlight details.