Shadow Creation Action/Macro

[Dennis Nisbet]

Hope this is in the correct place this time. Content can be found under Affinity Desktop Questions-More About Shadow Creation.

Everyone, this has been a lively discussion with a lot of great ideas. I've not had time to check them all out but I will.

I want to make sure I understand the impact and possible application each one has on the idea of Shadow Creation.

Based on what I've seen so far, Affinity Photo almost has the ability to create exceptional shadows quickly and with a lot of simple post creation adjustments. With the right adjustment capabilities in place (I think think it will require Free Transform) a Macro can be created by anyone wanting this ability.

I believe that the ability to create shadows that are reasonably accurate and do it in a rapid fashion is a very important part of composite creation. As @R C-R pointed out, these shadows will not replicate true shadows. Based on what I've seen in the marketplace, this is a non-issue and those that think a perfect shadow is necessary  (following all the bends and curves) will create one no matter how long it takes.

To reiterate, the idea is to be able to select objects in a composite and run a Macro that creates a shadow of that object that can be repositioned and adjusted quickly.

Unless someone had some additional ideas on something that could be done, it is likely we should move on to something else.  (My next idea is having a Macro that enables (Color Matching). I bet this one can already be created in a Macro and I'll follow up with a demo shortly.

It is my understanding that someone at Affinity reads all of these posts. There is little else that can be done without the input from Affinity Photo. This idea may not be on their radar or they have a "Mind Blowing" idea on how to do this some other way.

[R C-R]

Maybe take a look at this & see if that macro does some of what you want ....