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Add Shadow Effect

Add realistic shadow effects to images with customizable direction, blur, color, and intensity

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Call this tool from your code in three languages.

cURL

# 1) Request a presigned URL → returns { uploadUrl, storageKey }
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/api/upload/presign/image-add-shadow' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"filename":"imageFile.ext","contentType":"application/octet-stream","size":12345}'

# 2) PUT the file bytes directly to the presigned uploadUrl
curl -X PUT '<presigned uploadUrl>' \
  --data-binary @/path/to/file.ext

# 3) Call the tool, passing the returned storageKey for each file field
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/image-add-shadow' \
  -F 'imageFile=uploads/2026/01/01/your-tool-1700000000000-abc123.ext' \
  -F 'shadowDirection=bottom-right' \
  -F 'shadowDistance=15' \
  -F 'shadowBlur=10' \
  -F 'shadowColor=#000000' \
  -F 'shadowOpacity=0.5' \
  -F 'shadowSize=1' \
  -F 'backgroundColor=transparent' \
  -F 'outputFormat=png' \
  -F 'quality=90'

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Design

Add Shadow Effect

Add realistic shadow effects to images with customizable direction, blur, color, and intensity

file· File resultOpen tool

Quick start

Call this tool from your code in three languages.

cURL

# 1) Request a presigned URL → returns { uploadUrl, storageKey }
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/api/upload/presign/image-add-shadow' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"filename":"imageFile.ext","contentType":"application/octet-stream","size":12345}'

# 2) PUT the file bytes directly to the presigned uploadUrl
curl -X PUT '<presigned uploadUrl>' \
  --data-binary @/path/to/file.ext

# 3) Call the tool, passing the returned storageKey for each file field
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/image-add-shadow' \
  -F 'imageFile=uploads/2026/01/01/your-tool-1700000000000-abc123.ext' \
  -F 'shadowDirection=bottom-right' \
  -F 'shadowDistance=15' \
  -F 'shadowBlur=10' \
  -F 'shadowColor=#000000' \
  -F 'shadowOpacity=0.5' \
  -F 'shadowSize=1' \
  -F 'backgroundColor=transparent' \
  -F 'outputFormat=png' \
  -F 'quality=90'

Name	Type	Required	Description
imageFile	fileupload required	Yes	Upload any image file to add shadow effect to
shadowDirection	select	Yes	Choose the direction of the shadow
shadowDistance	number	No	Distance of the shadow from the image
shadowBlur	number	No	Blur radius of the shadow (higher = softer)
shadowColor	color	No	Color of the shadow
shadowOpacity	number	No	Opacity of the shadow (0.0 to 1.0)
shadowSize	number	No	Size scale of the shadow relative to the image
backgroundColor	color	No	Background color (leave empty for transparent)
outputFormat	select	No	Choose output format or keep original
quality	number	No	Output quality for lossy formats (WebP, JPEG)

Add Shadow Effect

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Add Shadow Effect

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