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Create Realistic Ground Shadow

Place the subject into the [client]'s chosen location and create a believable ground shadow: match perspective and sca…

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AExecute — “help me do it”Place the subject into the [client]'s chosen location and create a believable ground shadow:…+
Place the subject into the [client]'s chosen location and create a believable ground shadow: match perspective and scale, mask cleanly, add a soft contact shadow that follows the scene's light direction, and deliver a layered PSD for review.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed.
BImprove — “do it better”Before the composite goes to the creative director, make the subject read as if shot on…+
Before the composite goes to the creative director, make the subject read as if shot on location: match focal length blur, color temperature and exposure, anchor the model with a shadow that follows the scene's light angle and soft falloff, add subtle colour bleed and contact contact-shadow blur, and provide a layered PSD plus a flattened proof for approval.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed.

The real tasks

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Place the subject into the location the client decided on after the shoot and create a believable shadow on the ground.

Who does this

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Photographer

Questions people ask

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Because you rarely think 'I want the redaction tool'. You think 'I have to share this without leaking the client's details'. Start from the need, and the feature finds you.

Real. Every job here was drawn from what people in real roles were actually seen doing in Photoshop — not a feature checklist.

No. Each page gives you a ready prompt you can paste into an AI assistant, plus the plain steps to do it yourself. Start with either — the goal is the finished job, not the tool.