Upload one product photo, choose a contact or soft drop shadow and a light direction, then compare before you download.
Shadow is a separate decision
The workbench does not relight the whole scene, enlarge the photo, or invent a new product. You pick a verified shadow style and light direction so contact edges can be judged against the original frame.
Upload one product image, choose contact or soft drop, pick a light direction, then inspect the split view before downloading.
JPG, PNG, or WebP · maximum 5 MB
20 credits
Your shadowed product photo will appear here
Upload a supported product photo to verify its size and prepare one shadow pass.
Illustrative AI-generated examples, not measured production outputs. Actual results vary.
Bottled product with a grounded contact shadow
Shoe with a soft drop shadow
Product with a handle gap
What changes
A product shadow is useful only when shape, labels, and original color stay recognizable. This pass is aimed at a grounded contact or soft drop under a chosen light, while the original remains the reference for every judgment.
Contact shadow plants the object on a surface along the real silhouette. Soft drop adds a diffuse shadow slightly behind the product. Neither control is a blur or opacity slider, because this first version only accepts verified presets.
The brief is instructed to keep product geometry, printed text, logos, original color, crop, and camera angle. Shadow is not a background changer and not a new product generator.
Open handles and straps should keep a hole in the shadow rather than a filled ellipse. If the source already floats with no contact plane, inspect the result before you keep it. Transparent export must keep real alpha; the checkerboard is preview only.
Practical workflow
Start with the highest honest product still you have. Keep the original file. Treat the generated image as a viewing derivative until you have compared every label, handle, and contact edge.
Choose a JPG, PNG, or WebP file up to 5 MB, with each side from 256 to 4,096 pixels and no more than 16 megapixels. A cut-out or clean background gives the shadow a clearer contact plane.
Contact shadow is the default. Soft drop is the second verified mode. Pick left, right, or overhead light, then transparent PNG or a white catalog surface. There is no free slider because the backend is preset-only.
Sign in, confirm the fixed cost of 20 credits, start one tracked job, and compare before download. Refresh restores the same task instead of charging a second run.
Shadow cases
These illustrative, AI-generated examples show common product-shadow jobs; they are not measured outputs or a performance benchmark for the production shadow service. Actual results vary, so inspect your result against its source.
A standing bottle on a clean cut-out. Contact shadow should sit under the base and follow the bottle footprint without painting a gray oval onto a white fill.
A sneaker photographed without a cast. Soft drop should fall opposite the chosen light and stay translucent, while stitching, sole color, and logos stay readable.
A mug, bag, or similar object with an open handle. The shadow should keep the hole instead of filling a fake ellipse through the handle.
This tool adds a product shadow by generating a new image from your source and a closed shadow brief. It is not a physically simulated light in a 3D scene graph and not a full-scene relight. When the object already floats, the contact plane is missing, or glass and chrome refuse a clean silhouette, the result may look like a generic oval. That is a limit, not a hidden slider.
Keep the original file. If a label, handle hole, or product color drifted, discard the result. Transparent PNG export is instructed to keep true alpha. The on-page checkerboard is a preview aid and must not appear in a kept file. Use a dedicated background changer only when you actually want a new environment, and a relight tool only when you need a new key light on the whole photograph.
Upload only images you have the right and consent to process. Signed-in shadow tasks and results can appear in My Creations so a task can be recovered after a temporary connection problem.
The current storage backend has no automatic expiry for uploaded or generated image objects. Delete in My Creations calls the authenticated creation-delete endpoint and soft-deletes the task record from account history; it does not delete the underlying image object or provider copy. Review the Privacy Policy and contact support before uploading especially sensitive packaging or unpublished products.
Choose the right shadow workflow
The best option depends on whether you need a photographic product shadow in a browser, a layer style on a raster composite, or a CSS rectangle shadow for interface chrome.
Tool specifications
The workbench accepts one JPG, PNG, or WebP image up to 5 MB. Each side must be between 256 and 4,096 pixels, and the image must stay within 16 megapixels. One run costs 20 credits and returns a 1K result at an automatic aspect ratio.
Processing may infer a plausible contact plane the camera never recorded, so the result is not a forensic lighting diagram or a substitute for a studio session. By using the tool, you confirm that your upload complies with the Terms of Service.
Product context: CSS box-shadow documents rectangle shadows for interface boxes. Photoshop drop-shadow layer styles remain a desktop composite control. This page uses closed photographic presets instead. Reviewed by the Banana Pro AI product team · Last reviewed: 2026-09-14.
Continue the catalog workflow
Keep shadow, scene, and cut-out as separate choices. Add a shadow when the product is already isolated, then move to a new environment only when the source calls for it.
Questions
Clear answers about contact versus drop shadows, transparent PNG export, hollow handles, and credit use.
It is instructed to add a grounded contact shadow or a soft drop shadow under a chosen light direction on one uploaded product photo. Product shape, labels, logos, and original color should stay recognizable. Inspect the split view because inferred contact is not a studio measurement.
No. Relight changes key light, highlight path, and color temperature across the whole photograph. This page only composites a product shadow. If you need a new light on faces or a room, use a dedicated relight tool instead.
The transparent canvas is instructed to keep true alpha so the checkerboard stays a preview aid. Inspect the downloaded file. If you see a baked grid or a gray oval on white, discard that result and keep the original.
The brief forbids a generic filled ellipse, especially through hollow handles. Complex silhouettes can still fail. Compare the contact contour with the source and discard results that ignore the hole.
One run uses 20 credits. The workbench shows the cost and your remaining balance before submission, and the existing task system avoids restarting a paid job when a connection is interrupted.
Cut-out bottles, shoes, and handled products on a clean or transparent background are practical candidates. Busy scenes, missing contact planes, and heavy compression usually need a better source or a different tool.
Keep the original. Inspect the contact edge.
Start with one clear product still, review the fixed 20-credit cost, and compare the shadowed result against the original before you keep it.
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