Shadow layers in photoshop, think alpha layers?

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March 14, 2023
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Hello!
Can someone please explain why the shadows gets lighter when copy the selection, and pasting in again?
I want the shadows to be as the pasted in version, (shorter and more suttle) but can I do that by adjusting some Alpha-layers? Its rendered from blender, look my video

Thanks!

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c.pfaffenbichler

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Can someone please explain why the shadows gets lighter when copy the selection, and pasting in again?

Why do you do that at all and not render the image with object and shadow separate to begin with?

Anyway, a pixel of 50% opacity, selected 50% and copy/pasted will result in a pixel of 25% opacity.

charlieg19576563Author

Inspiring

Thanks! Great, I had no idea copy paste reduce the opacity!
Thats the thing I cant figure out how to reduce the shadow in blender...

c.pfaffenbichler

Community Expert

No, copy/paste does not reduce the Opacity by itself, the active Selection when copying makes the difference.

If you Select > All, Copy and Paste the opacity will not be reduced.

Why do you copy/paste and not simply use the Smart Object as is (and add a Layer Mask if necessary)?

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