Create a Photoshop action to add a nice shadow to your pictures with one click
In this Photoshop tutorial, I will show you how to add a really nice shadow to your pictures.
1. Open Photoshop
2. Press ALT + F9 to open the Actions window
3. Open a picture
4. Create on the fifth icon at the bottom of the Action window to create a new Action:
5. Give your action a name
6. Click on record and start with a double-click on the Background layer that is currently locked
7. Change the Canvas size (press ALT + CTRL + C) and select Pixels from the Dropdown. Enter 20 in both fields
8. Finally add a nice shadow to your image.
9. Most importantly, here are the shadow settings:
Change Distance to 2 and Size to 10
10. You’re done. Click on Stop button on Actions window and you can now start using the action for every picture. It only takes a second to process.
Update: Because this action is not perfect for all situations, you might want to create an Action like this instead:
- Create new layer
- Unlock background layer
- Move layer created in step 1 below original background layer
- Increase Canvas size
- Add shadow to picture
- Done
Download This Action
You can download this Photoshop action:
ShadowsAction.atn
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Written by oliversk Monday, October 17th, 2011
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