: How do I remove the white background and keep the shadows with a transparent background? How do I remove the white background and keep the shadows with a transparent background?

@Margaret771

On the top menu bar click on Select > Color Range (with this tool, you can select the white background)
With the tool opened Shift + Click to add more white color. This lets you select the entire range of the white color
Click Ok to confirm
Press Ctrl + Shift + I to invert your selection
Select your layer and create a layer mask
Done! You've removed the white background and the shadows are still there


You may have to make some adjustments to the layer because the white is still on the shadows... also the square has white too, and color range tool selects the white color on the whole image, so you have to fill the layer mask with a white brush tool (opacity 100%) on the area of the square (you have to click on the mask), or just select the square with the rectangle selection tool and make it visible with the white brush.

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