: Shadow in material design I attached a photo with this question, in the photo there is a folder that have a small shadow I can't design a shadow like that in photoshop. would you mind help

@Mendez620

Make a new layer
Drop it beneath the folder picture
Draw the shadow shape with the polygon lasso
Fill it with the shadow colour
Select a grunge effect eraser brush
Erase a section of the shadow
Done


You can use a thing called a layer mask instead of the eraser on step 5-6, that will enable you to go back if you're not happy. To apply a layer mask:


Select the shadow layer
Click the icon that looks like this
You'll see a square appear on the layer, this is the mask


You can only paint in black and white here, black will make parts of your layer invisible, just like erasing it. But if you're unhappy you can always go back over with white and it will reveal the layer.



I hope this helps.

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