Adding Shadows With Adjustment Layers

You can use the "Hue Saturation" version of the adjustment layers to create shadows, or highlights in your image. It's easier than drawing them by hand.

1. Create an ADJUSTMENT LAYER, by clicking the button on the layers pallette, and selecting Hue Saturation...

2. Clip the adjustments to the layer by clicking the "eclipse" button on the adjustment control pannel..

3. Use the sliders to change the light and dark of the image as you like.....

4. Draw on the Adjustment layer's MASK to hide the changes..... here is the mask and the changed image..... see how the black area hides the changes?

Here is the mask.. black hides the adustment

Here is the image- see how the mask blocked the shadow?