Hello everyone I’m Hasan Mishuk , last week I discus about how to remove background around hair in photoshop and today I will let you know how to add drop shadow in photoshop. Add a drop shadow is a very demanding service regarding e-commerce. Most of the e-commerce platform prefers a white background photo to display their products. So, the web-shop owners use professional photo editing service to remove background from their photo and replace with a white one. After replacing a natural background a photo becomes artificial and loses its real look. You can avoid that unpleasant issue by adding a shadow.
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Let’s Start Our New Tutorial How to Add drop Shadow in Photoshop
There are many techniques to add shadow in a photo as well as there are various types of shadow like drop shadow, reflection shadow and natural shadow. Our today’s topic is to how to add drop shadow in photoshop.
#Step 1 Open the Image and Make clipping Path:
Firstly we take a product photo to add a drop shadow here we work with a red footwear. After opening the photo in Adobe Photoshop we need to create a clipping path around the photo as we showed our last tutorial.
![how to add drop shadow in photoshop](https://www.clippingsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/how-to-add-shadow-in-photoshop-Step-1-clipping-path-pen-tool-1024x537.jpg)
#Step 2 Make New Copy Layer
Make a new layer using layer bar on the top of Adobe Photoshop. You can follow the photo below:
![how to add shadow in photoshop Step 2 duplicate layer creation](https://www.clippingsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/how-to-add-shadow-in-photoshop-Step-2-duplicate-layer-creation.jpg)
#Step 3 New Fill Layer
Now we need a new fill layer with solid white color. Just follow the simple step following photos
![how to add shadow in photoshop Step 3 new fill layer](https://www.clippingsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/how-to-add-shadow-in-photoshop-Step-3-new-fill-layer.jpg)
![how to add shadow in photoshop Step 3 new fill layer 1](https://www.clippingsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/how-to-add-shadow-in-photoshop-Step-3-new-fill-layer-1.jpg)
![how to add shadow in photoshop Step 3 new fill layer 2](https://www.clippingsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/how-to-add-shadow-in-photoshop-Step-3-new-fill-layer-2.jpg)
![how to add shadow in photoshop Step 3 new fill layer 3](https://www.clippingsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/how-to-add-shadow-in-photoshop-Step-3-new-fill-layer-3.jpg)
#Step 4 Add a Layer Mask:
In this step we are going to add a mask layer. To make a mask layer at first we have to make selection the path which we created before.
![how to add shadow in photoshop Step 4 make selection clipping path](https://www.clippingsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/how-to-add-shadow-in-photoshop-Step-4-make-selection-clipping-path-1024x530.jpg)
![how to add shadow in photoshop Step 4 make selection clipping path 1](https://www.clippingsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/how-to-add-shadow-in-photoshop-Step-4-make-selection-clipping-path-1.jpg)
Now select the new copy layer and click on the add layer mask option on the below of the layer bar.
![how to add shadow in photoshop Step 5 create shadow 1 new layer](https://www.clippingsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/how-to-add-shadow-in-photoshop-Step-5-create-shadow-1-new-layer.jpg)
#Step 5: Create a Shadow Shape:
For creating a shadow shape we need to “create a new path”. You can follow the photo below and rename it as shadow path:
![how to add shadow in photoshop Step 5 create shadow](https://www.clippingsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/how-to-add-shadow-in-photoshop-Step-5-create-shadow.jpg)
After that we need to create a new layer just below the masked layer. So click on “create new layer” icon on the bottom of the layer panel and rename it shadow layer.
![how to add shadow in photoshop Step 5 create shadow 1 new layer 1](https://www.clippingsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/how-to-add-shadow-in-photoshop-Step-5-create-shadow-1-new-layer-1.jpg)
Now select the new path we created and make a path like below. This path is depending on the object on which you want to add a drop shadow.
![how to add shadow in photoshop Step 5 create shadow 1 path](https://www.clippingsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/how-to-add-shadow-in-photoshop-Step-5-create-shadow-1-path.jpg)
Then make a selection to the path and fill it with black color.
![how to add shadow in photoshop Step 5 create shadow color](https://www.clippingsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/how-to-add-shadow-in-photoshop-Step-5-create-shadow-color.jpg)
Do you know how to change the color of an image in Photoshop?
#Step 6 Apply Blur:
Select the shadow layer then click filter from the top bar there you can see blur next select Gaussian Blur. Don’t forget to deselect the path selection.
![how to add shadow in photoshop Step 6 blur gaussian blur](https://www.clippingsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/how-to-add-shadow-in-photoshop-Step-6-blur-gaussian-blur.jpg)
Now set radius 5.0 and click ok
![how to add shadow in photoshop Step 6 blur gaussian blur radius setting](https://www.clippingsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/how-to-add-shadow-in-photoshop-Step-6-blur-gaussian-blur-radius-setting.jpg)
Reduce the opacity of the shadow layer to 15%
![how to add shadow in photoshop Step 6 blur gaussian blur radius setting reduce opacity](https://www.clippingsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/how-to-add-shadow-in-photoshop-Step-6-blur-gaussian-blur-radius-setting-reduce-opacity.jpg)
#Step 7 Use Eraser:
In this step we will make a perfect look of the shadow. So we select eraser and set the opacity 30%
![how to add shadow in photoshop Step 7 eraser](https://www.clippingsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/how-to-add-shadow-in-photoshop-Step-7-eraser.jpg)
and after that click the right button of the mouse and reduce the hardness of the eraser to 0%
![how to add shadow in photoshop Step 7 eraser setting](https://www.clippingsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/how-to-add-shadow-in-photoshop-Step-7-eraser-setting.jpg)
and move the eraser on the front and backside of the shadow.
![Original](https://www.clippingsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Original-1024x807.jpg)