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How to Add Shadow to Product Images in Canva
Nov 25, 2024
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hi in this video I'm going to show you
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on how you can create a realistic Shadow
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to a product image in canva so I have
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this design and this photo actually
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doesn't have a shadow but I just added a
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shadow to make this product more
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prominent and therefore it will draw
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people's attention to it and in this
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video I'm going to show you three
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different methods or three different
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Shadow styles that you could Implement
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to your design so I'm going to move on
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to the second page which has the same
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design except there is no shout out so
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I'm going to add shout out to this
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Tumblr or a cup or a Mac I don't know
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the name of this product but I think
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this is sort of reusable glass maybe not
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reusable this is the kind of cup that is
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used in Starbucks or you know some sort
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of Cafe anyway I'm going to add shout
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out to this particular picture so I'm
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going to click edit and after that let's
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go to
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shadows and I'm going to apply this
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backdrop shadow because I think this is
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the most realistic compared to other
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options you could for example use curve
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or page til but I think backdrop is the
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most realistic at least when it comes to
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a physical product this is the best and
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after that you can uh adjust the blue
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amount please keep in mind that uh it
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will make the image slightly smaller so
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maybe later you have to change or
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research the image to make it bigger so
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I have this uh direction as well can be
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changed but I think I'm going to keep it
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uh that way intensity is just how dark
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the shadow should be I think I'm going
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to keep it moderate around 40 and of
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course you can change the color but I
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think dark is of course the color of
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Shadow but there is nothing stopping you
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from using a completely different color
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so that is uh for the first method I
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think it's pretty easy and you could
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implement this to pretty much any image
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but let's try something else so the the
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next method is going to be very very
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very very
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interesting okay so the next method uh
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for the next method I'm going to use
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this picture and I'm going to create a
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duplicate of it and then I'm going to
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create Shadow out of it so right click
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click duplicate and we got this picture
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now let's go to edit and after that I'm
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going
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to uh click dual tone and click custom
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and I'm going to change the highlights
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to completely black the shadow is also
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complet completely black now let's go to
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blur and make sure to select the whole
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image and after that you want to
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increase the blur amount to I think I'm
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going to set it around 70 or maybe 880
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maybe 75 is good enough and then let's
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go back and click transparency let's
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reduce the transparency for this picture
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to around 30 or 40 and after that you
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want to right click on this picture or
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on this Shadow and then click layer
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click Send to backward or send to back
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depending on your design I think I'm
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going to use send to
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backward and I'm going to do it again to
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make sure that this picture is now
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behind the original picture and let's
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put it here so we can see that this
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picture is kind of popping out it's kind
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of having a shadow maybe one thing to
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keep in mind is that you have to
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consider with you have to consider this
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line it's a sharp line that doesn't look
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good so maybe you have to be aware of
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the image that you are using using as a
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shadow or maybe you want to extend the
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image so the shadow still look somewhat
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more realistic so there's no this sharp
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edges around
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it okay now let's move on to the third
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method which I think is equally as
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interesting but a lot less complicated
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okay I'm going to remove this Shadow and
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I'm going to visit elements I'm going to
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search
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for oal
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shadow and let's go to
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graphics and let's say I'm going to pick
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this Shadow and I'm going to put it
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below this
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class or maybe not class below this cup
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and let's right click click layer and
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send
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backward and I'm going to make it
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slightly smaller again and put it
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here and there you have it so that was
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for the third method you could for
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example use a different Shadow style
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there are plenty of options options here
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so you could pick the one that uh you
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feel the most realistic for any given
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picture and you also have to consider
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the shape of the object so in this case
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the uh top and the bottom areas is
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circle that's why I can get away with
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this Square sorry uh this circular
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Shadow but if you have a product that's
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maybe Cube or rectangular then you might
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want to use a shadow style or Shadow
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shape that is appropriate for that uh
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the shape of the object so anyway uh
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those are three three different methods
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you can try to create a realistic shout
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out to a product image and confa I hope
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you find this video to be helpful and
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I'll see you on the next video