On this video tutorial by Lynda, Adobe expert Deke McClelland demonstrates how to take any object with a shadow and move it into a different background image in Photoshop.
McClelland demonstrates how to use the blend mode to multiply and mask the ball (this tutorial actually doesn’t show how to mask a more complex object such as hair). The end result does seem to look good in terms of the shadow but do keep in mind that a shadow is just a small part of making a realistic image of this sort (a lot has to do with the different lighting on the background and your subject – and our eyes are very sensitive to these kind of differences as you can see in the video).
If you want a more in-depth look at how to use blending layers, we highly recommend that you watch Jesús Ramirez great video on “Understanding Blending Modes in Photoshop“.
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