Adding Shadows and Lighting to your Photos
This tutorial with guide you through how to add a shadow to a painting on a wall and give the whole room a lighting effect.
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Open your image, I am using this one:
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Now paste your painting on to the canvas, make sure it is on a new layer of its own. |
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Right click the layer in the Layers panel and select Blending Options. Use these options:
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Now select your background layer, or the layer that you have your room on. Go to Filter » Render » Lighting Effects
You should now have something that looks like this:
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You can then touch up the photo by using Shadow/Highlight on the Image » Adjustments menu.
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This is my result:
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