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Create a believable cast shadow for a character placed on a new ground plane so it feels anchored.
2 ready prompts
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Execute — do the immediate task
+Create a believable cast shadow for the placed character: duplicate the figure, transform to…
Execute — do the immediate task
+Create a believable cast shadow for the placed character: duplicate the figure, transform to ground-plane perspective, blur and lower opacity, match shadow color to scene ambient, and place the shadow on its own layer beneath the character.
Pasted it? When the reply comes back, push once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part. — Did this prompt help?
Improve — make it easier to accept
+Anchor the character so the creative director won't call it out — build the shadow from a flattened…
Improve — make it easier to accept
+Anchor the character so the creative director won't call it out — build the shadow from a flattened silhouette, distort into perspective to match ground plane, apply motion or gaussian blur and use multiply with scene-appropriate color sampled from contact shadow areas, add a faint ground contact smear, and include a 'shadow_settings' layer for quick adjustments.
Pasted it? When the reply comes back, push once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part. — Did this prompt help?
Who does this, and with what
The same task is different work inside a different job.
Illustrator / Digital ArtistAdobe Photoshopalso: Anchor Character Shadowalso: Paint Ground Shadow
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