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Shadow Creation Services for Natural Depth and Grounding
When a product is cut out from its background, its original shadow is lost and the product can look flat or floating. Shadow creation rebuilds a natural shadow matched to the product and its lighting, so it sits naturally on its new background.
Before and After Examples
What Is Included
- Natural drop shadows with soft falloff
- Directional cast shadows matched to the light direction
- Ambient contact shadows where the product meets the surface
- Floating shadows for products shown raised above the surface
- Reflection and shadow combinations for glossy presentations
- Original shadow preservation where the real shadow is kept
- Product cleanup and finishing with the shadow
How It Works
Four simple steps to pixel-perfect photo deliverables.
2. Upload Photos Securely
Upload through the dashboard, Dropbox, Google Drive, WeTransfer, or high-speed encrypted FTP.
3. Precision Editing and QA
Master retouchers hand-draw paths and perform strict 2-tier quality control before final export.
4. Download Final Deliverables
Download production-ready images with free unlimited revisions included.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are Shadow Creations Services?
Shadow Creations Services are professional Photoshop post-production techniques that add realistic, three-dimensional shadows underneath or behind isolated subjects. When product images undergo clipping path or background removal, their original shadows are stripped away, leaving them looking flat and disconnected. Our retouchers reconstruct realistic light-and-shadow dynamics-including natural drop shadows, directional cast shadows, and ambient contact occlusion-grounding the product naturally onto white, grey, or transparent commercial backgrounds.
What shadow techniques are typically included?
We offer five core shadow disciplines tailored to your exact aesthetic: 1. Natural Drop Shadows (soft overhead ambient falloff directly beneath the product), 2. Ambient Contact Occlusion (tight dark crevices where product surfaces meet the floor), 3. Directional Cast Shadows (angled silhouettes following studio key-light coordinates), 4. Floating Levitation Shadows (diffused elliptical shadows simulating suspended products), and 5. Reflection & Shadow Hybrids (combining specular glassy reflections with grounded contact shading).
Can you match the lighting angle of my existing product catalog?
Yes, absolutely! Maintaining catalog consistency is crucial for high conversion rates. Simply send us a sample reference photo or your brand style guide. Our retouchers will measure the exact light source coordinates (e.g., 45° top-left), calculate matching shadow length, set proportional Gaussian blur radiuses, and match the penumbra softness across your entire batch.
What file formats do you accept and deliver?
We accept all major camera RAW formats (.CR2, .CR3, .NEF, .ARW, .DNG), TIFF, PSD, PNG, and JPEG. For final delivery, we provide layered PSD or TIFF files with shadows isolated on separate transparent layers-giving your art directors total freedom to tweak opacities or change background colors later-as well as web-ready transparent PNGs and Amazon-compliant pure white JPEGs.
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