Bogdan Bogdanovic has revealed Shadow, his useful Photoshop extension that generates shadows from a layer.

The new tool provides to set the angle, color, softness, scale, and opacity of each shadow. First, watch the video below which shows how to use the plugin to add shadows.

Features:

• Supported layer types: text, smart-objects or regular layers
• Choose angle (set manually or use ”Sun position” option), scale, blur (shadow dispersion), opacity, color.
• Auto-updates in almost real time

Please note that the tool will be installed through the Creative Cloud App. You need restart Photoshop, navigate to Window, go to Extensions where you’ll find BBTools Shadow.

You can learn more and get the tool for $15 on Adobe Exchange.