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A Soft Drop Shadow, Your Way
Drop an image, or batch upload
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- Drop shadowFollows the subject’s outline
- Five controlsOpacity, softness, distance, angle, color
- White or transparentKeep the shadow inside a PNG
- Free, no sign-upTry 2 photos free
Add a Drop Shadow to an Image: Real Results
Real results from PixRemove: the original on the left, our cut-out with the editor’s shadow on the right.
Transparent PNG
A drop shadow PNG with a transparent background
How to Add a Shadow to an Image
- 1
Upload your photo
JPG, PNG or WebP up to 30 MB, or paste with Ctrl/⌘+V. Up to 50 at once.
- 2
The shadow is added
The background is removed, the subject is put on white and Shadow is switched on in Effects.
- 3
Download
Save a JPG or PNG (up to 16 MP), or every photo in one ZIP.
A Drop Shadow Editor for Product Photos
Effects
Opacity, softness, distance and angle
- Opacity, Softness and Distance run from 0 to 100; Angle turns the shadow all the way round.
- Make the shadow black, white, one of the preset colors or any color you pick.
- Blur, Outline and Glow sit in the same panel.
Styles
Soft, angled or crisp: one photo, four shadows
- Top left is the default; then a softer, an angled and a crisper shadow, all from the same cut-out.
- Changing the shadow and downloading again uses no extra credit.
Hundreds of images? Use the desktop app
The web batch takes up to 50 images at a time. The desktop app takes whole folders, resumes after interruptions and saves straight into your folders.
Get the desktop appFree for Mac · Windows coming soon
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Add Shadow to Image FAQ
Upload the image on this page. The background is removed and the editor opens with a drop shadow on; adjust it under Effects and download.
Your first 2 photos are free, no sign-up needed. After that, a free account gives you 10 credits, and each photo uses 1 credit. See pricing for packs and plans.
Yes. Set the background to Transparent and download a Transparent PNG; the shadow stays in the file, half see-through.
Yes. Angle turns the shadow from −180° to 180°, and you can pick black, white, a preset color or any color for it.
It adds a drop shadow that follows the subject’s outline, offset by the distance and angle you set. It is not worked out from the light in your scene, so it does not fall across the floor the way a real shadow would.
Yes. Add up to 50 photos; each one opens with the shadow on, and you can download them all in one ZIP.
Add a Shadow to Your Image Now
No watermark, and your first 2 photos are free without sign-up.
Drop an image, or batch upload
No image?Try one of these: