With both these duplicate layers visible, you can alter the blending mode and/or opacity of the shadows to better the overall appearance.īoth these image took roughly 30 seconds each to mask.
This gives me a separate layer to control the cast shadows. On the second duplicate I go in with a brush and manually mask everything except the shadows. On the first duplicate I go in with a brush and manually mask the shadows. You may need to extract the shadows to a separate layer to better control their appearance. Hold down the Option/Alt and click the New Mask button ( ) at the bottom of the Layers Panel.įrom here you may need to go in with a brush and manually refine the mask in a few places.įor images such as this one with pronounced cast shadows. Go back and highlight your Layer in the Layers Panel.