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Add shadows to your product photos

Turn any flat product photo into polished, store ready visuals in moments. Use our realistic shadow generator to create consistent, natural shadows for marketplaces, product listings, and online stores in just a few clicks.
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Give every product photo depth where flat images fall short

Fix flat, floating product photos in seconds

Photos without shadows can make products look like they are floating in space, which can feel out of place on marketplaces and product pages. With Photoroom’s AI Shadow Generator, you can add natural-looking shadows that help your product sit more realistically in the frame. It gives your image a sense of depth and makes it easier for people to focus on the product itself.

Show real shape and texture in every product photo

Without shadows, product photos can look flat, making it harder to see the actual shape and surface of the item. Adding realistic shadows helps define edges, curves, and materials so the product feels more true to life. With Photoroom’s AI Shadow Generator, even a simple pack shot can show more texture and dimension, helping people get a better sense of what they are buying.

Create ready-to-publish product photos with no editing experience

Adding realistic shadows used to require complicated software and lots of manual work. With Photoroom’s AI product photography tools, you can skip the layers and fine-tuning and get clean results in a couple of steps. Once your shadows are in place, you can keep going by generating a new background or staging your product in a real setting using AI.

Keep shadows consistent across your catalog

Inconsistent or missing shadows can make similar products look like they were shot in different places. Start with an AI generated shadow, then fine tune its intensity, blur, length, color, and position so the shadow matches your lighting and background in each image. Photoroom’s AI Shadow Generator helps your product photos stay natural and consistent, even when you are working through large catalogs.

Try it yourself

How to add realistic shadows to product photos

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Choose a product photo

Upload a new product image or select one from your library.

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Add product shadows with AI

Add realistic soft, hard, floating and colored shadows to your photo, all under your control.

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Export your image

Download your product photo to your device, and start using it across your sales channels.

Product images and videos, made easy

Your complete AI solution

Create, edit, and optimize product images and videos for every channel at any scale, from a single listing to a full catalog.

Background Remover

Detect complex edges and deliver clean cutouts in seconds, then remove any background and replace it with a studio-quality backdrop that showcases your products.

AI Backgrounds

Generate custom product photo backgrounds with AI that match the lighting and perspective of your original photo, or change background colors in one click.

Product Staging

Place your product in realistic lifestyle scenes, held, worn, or displayed, so customers can picture it in use with Product Staging.

Virtual Model

Show apparel and accessories on diverse AI-generated models that fit your brand with Virtual Model. No casting, no studio day.

AI Ironing

Make every garment look freshly pressed. The AI smooths creases out of clothing photos automatically, so you can remove wrinkles from clothes with no steamer and no reshoot.

Recolor

Create every color variant from a single photo, with accurate product colors and no reshoot per variant.

Product Beautifier

Restore detail, correct color, and improve lighting on low-quality product photos automatically with Product Beautifier.

AI Shadows

Add realistic shadows under your product, with control over softness, intensity, and position.

Product Fixer

Fix AI-generated images to match your product with Product Fixer, so every detail, label, and color stays true to what you actually sell.

Video Generator

Turn your product photos into videos for your listings, social feeds and ads.

Video Ad Maker

Create video ads for Meta, TikTok and YouTube from your product photos.

Edit with AI

Describe any change in plain language, like swapping a color, removing an object, or changing the scene, and the AI makes it.

AI Photo Editor

Batch and API

Save time by batch editing hundreds of images , or connect Photoroom’s API directly to your website or marketplace for a scalable workflow.

Brand Library

Store your logos, fonts, colors, backgrounds, and models in Brand library so every new image stays on-brand.

AI Shadows

Frequently asked questions

What is an AI shadow generator, and how does it work?

An AI shadow generator is a tool that analyzes your product photo and the light in the scene, then automatically creates a matching shadow under or behind the product. In Photoroom, you upload your image, choose your settings, and the AI builds a shadow with the right direction, softness, and shape for you.

Can I add realistic shadows to product photos automatically?

Yes, you can upload a product photo and let Photoroom generate a realistic shadow in a few seconds. The AI handles the heavy lifting, and you can make quick tweaks to intensity, blur, length, color, and position if you want a more custom look.

Can I create natural-looking shadows for photos shot on white or transparent backgrounds?

Yes, you can create natural-looking shadows for photos shot on white or transparent backgrounds. The AI treats the background as a surface, then adds a shadow that makes the product look grounded instead of floating.

How does Photoroom make shadows look natural and consistent across images?

Photoroom analyzes light direction, angle, and product shape to generate a shadow that fits each image. You can reuse the same shadow settings across your catalog so images share a similar look, which helps keep your product photos consistent from one listing to the next.

How can adding realistic shadows make my product photos look more professional?

Realistic shadows add depth and make products feel anchored in the scene, instead of cut out or flat. That extra sense of realism helps your images feel more trustworthy to shoppers.

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