Match Sun Angle

Match Sun Angle in Adobe Photoshop — with two ready prompts: the immediate one, and the one that makes it stick. 1 real situation leads here.

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Make a proposed tree cast a shadow that matches the sun angle in the existing site photo so scale and placement read believable.

2 ready prompts

Written for the moment this actually comes up.

Execute — do the immediate task

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Make the proposed tree cast a shadow matching the site sun angle: create a shadow layer from the…
Make the proposed tree cast a shadow matching the site sun angle: create a shadow layer from the tree silhouette, skew and blur it to match existing sun direction, blend with multiply at appropriate opacity, and export a PNG for the proposal board by [deadline=Friday].

Improve — make it easier to accept

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Avoid field pushback by ensuring the shadow reads believable to contractors: match sun angle to the…
Avoid field pushback by ensuring the shadow reads believable to contractors: match sun angle to the strongest existing shadow in the photo, tint shadow temperature to ambient light, soften edge where distance increases, and add a 1:100 inset showing tree height and shadow length for layout checking.

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Landscape ArchitectAdobe Photoshopalso: Cast Realistic Shadow

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