Add Convincing Drop Shadow

Add Convincing Drop Shadow in Adobe Photoshop — with a ready prompt for the moment it comes up. 1 real situation leads here.

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I need to add a drop shadow so the subject doesn't float on the new thumbnail and the social lead is waiting

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We swapped the background of a thumbnail and now the subject looks like it’s floating. The social…
We swapped the background of a thumbnail and now the subject looks like it’s floating. The social lead will reject anything that reads fake. I can’t tell whether a soft shadow or a stronger cast will ground the subject on a dark background. Tell me which shadow approach will work for a small mobile thumbnail, where to place it relative to the light source, and one detail I must not do because it will read artificial at thumb size.

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