Here is a cool trick to fix the shadow Step 18Ĭonvert the shadow to a layer. The problem is that the shadow shows all the way around and looks weird at the bottom of the boat and where the water spray is. If we apply a layer style shadow to our subject, it will make a shadow all the way around the shape,so we will need an extra step. We need to add the shadow to the subject to complete our effect. The frame is now floating above the page. Here are the settings I used for the drop shadowĪnd here is the result. Choose the Rectangle layerĬlick on fx and choose Drop Shadow from the menu We are going to create a shadow around the box first. I made an in-depth tutorial on cast shadows in Photoshop Step 16 Let’s add a shadow to really lift it off the page. Let’s fill in the background to give us something to look at Step 13Īn a similar, but slightly different color for the backgroundĬhoose foreground to background | Linear | Normal | Opacity at 100%ĭrag with the gradient tool to create your background gradient.Īdding the Drop Shadow in Photoshop for realism A good idea is to choose Inside for the location since anything outside the clipping bounds wont show. Step 12Ĭhoose Edit>Stroke I chose 25px for mine. Now we need to give the frame a little character and then really make it pop with the shadow. Now the photo above will be clipped to the shape of the rectangle. When you see an arrow appear, click to apply To do this, hover your pointer over the line between 2 layers and hold down the Alt/Option key Then the cut out subject will overlap (ahh, so that’s how it works!) Step 11 The key here, is to fit the contents of the layer, inside the frame shape we have made. Move the Rectangle layer to the bottom of the layer stack Step 10Ĭlick on the layer thumbnail and drag to the bottom of the layer stack. Unlock the background first, by clicking the padlock This is what you will see in the layers panel Step 9 I mostly got this shape by dragging the corners and the handles that appear when reshaping the corners You can drag on the points, or lines to reshape the box You will now see lines and points on the shape. Now its time to give some shape to the rectangle, lets make it look like its bursting to hold back the image as it bursts through (Dramatic enough sounding?) Reshaping a rectangle in Photoshop Step 7 Make sure you choose Pixels as the option in the top rightĭrag the rectangle to make a nice frame shape around the kayaker (This is white because that’s the current foreground color, color really doesn’t matter) Move the Radius slider until you just start to see an outlineĬhange the output settings to “New Layer with Layer Mask”Ĭreate a new layer and make sure its between the cut out and the background. Here is a trick I do, to get a cleaner edge selection. Increase the Transparency slider, so you can preview the cutout (If the auto option doesn’t work, then use the quick selection tool like normal, by painting the selection)ĭo some touch ups on the selection by clicking select and Mask from the top tool bar Use the quick selection brush to fine tune the selection. If you are on an earlier version of Photoshop, use this technique to cut it out instead.Ĭhoose the Quick Selection tool: Click on Select Subject I’m using some new features in Photoshop CC here. The very first thing we need to do is cut out the subject of the photo. The photo I used is this Kayaking photo from Adobe Stock. Why don’t you post your results to our PhotoshopCAFE facebook group Finding the photo I used In fact I have created a Photoshop tutorial on making cast shadows here. The shadows are a key element is making something look like it off the surface. The kinds of photos that lend themselves to that are things like sports images and action images. I’m using Photoshop CC, but you can adapt this tutorial to work in any version. I’m going to show you exactly how to create an out of bounds effect in Photoshop right now. My buddy Avi Muchnik who used to run Worth 1000, used to have a contest category, “Out of Bounds” and this is where this effect got its name. I guess its a kind of augmented reality that adds so much visual punch, it’s impossible to ignore. When you see a frame that can’t contain the photo, where its bursting out or oozing out of the frame it captures the imagination. How to make OUT of BOUNDS: pop out effect in PhotoshopĪ really fun effect is the pop out effect.
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