tariler

[WOODBS]

i need to make this trailer look like it's raelly in this back ground. i just put a glow, i know that wasn't it. what tools do i use to make it more realistic,? also not sure why my test background is low rez? thanks brett

 

[Fred Weiss]

Lose the glow and use Layer Effects to set a drop shadow. Make it consistent with where the light is coming from.

 

[jdb]

Also fade the trailor home pic a bit maybe.

 

[WOODBS]

i tried the drop shadow but looked bad, so i had my sub do it right. how do i alter the drop shadow to look like this?

 

[Fred Weiss]

Select the area to contain the shadow and use the airbrush tool to create it. You might also want to try a gradient in the selected area to see if it works for you.

 

[WOODBS]

cool, thanks fred. i'll play with that, still learning

 

[grafxxx]

if you goto youtube.com you can find a lot of videos on photoshop tutorials there are alot of tips and tricks. cna help you out a lot.

 

[WOODBS]

ahh, thanks grafxxx, whoa, just noticed how many x's there were. lol.

 

[GK]

easy way to create a realistic shadow.
1) clone the trailer layer so now you have 2 of them....
2) CTRL click the layer thumbnail so you select the entire selection.
3) While the selection is active make a solid fill with Black on top of the cloned layer.
4) Move the black layer behind the original trailer layer so you cannot see it.
5) Use the scale tool (edit, transform, scale) and set the object centerpoint to the bottom handle of the scale box. Drag the middle handle of the scale selection down until you start to squish the cloned black layer.
6) Use the skew/perspective tools to move the shadow from where the light is coming from, this will make it look like the shadow is really being cause by a light source.
7) Use the Gaussian Blur tool to give the shadow layer a nice soft feel to it, eliminating the hard edge.
8) Use the layer opacity to tone down the shadow layer.

all done.