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

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

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

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

Add depth and contrast to your imagery.

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

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

Create a sweet looking indent orb with burned shadow edges and a crab nebula for the texture.

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

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.

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.

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.

Everybody knows the shadow option in layer style. But did you ever try to create shadow that has a same shape as your object. This tutorial will show you how.

Learn how to enhance shadow and highlight details.

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.

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

In this tutorial we're going to use some simple circles and gradients to make a cup of coffee viewed from above. The end result isn't that useful, but the process is interesting nonetheless.