AI Shadows
Products that float look fake. Add a natural, physically accurate shadow in one click.
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What This Tool Does
Remove a background and place the product on white, and something reads as wrong before you can name it: the object has no weight. Every real photograph has a contact point where the product meets the surface, and the eye looks for it — a listing image without one looks like a sticker pasted onto a page. Seenable's AI Shadows reads your product's own highlights, then renders a shadow whose direction, falloff and softness stay consistent with how it was lit. The product itself is never touched: structure, colours, materials and every character of visible text stay pixel-identical, and only a shadow layer is added.
- ✓Four styles — Contact, Drop, Hard light and Floating — each matched to a different job
- ✓Contact grounds the product without reading as an effect: the marketplace-safe look
- ✓Floating is the premium-launch convention used for footwear, electronics and cosmetics
- ✓Manual control over edge softness, strength, light direction, spread and product angle
- ✓One light source only — a second shadow is the classic tell of a fake composite
- ✓Works on transparent PNGs; pair it with the free Background Remover
How It Works
Upload your product photo
Any clear shot works. A background-removed PNG gives the cleanest result, but a plain white or studio photo is fine.
Pick a shadow style
Contact for marketplace-safe grounding, Drop for the standard catalogue look, Hard light for a bold editorial feel, or Floating for a premium hover.
Download the result
The product, its colours and every label stay pixel-identical — only the shadow layer is added.
Who Is This For
Shopify sellers adding depth to otherwise flat white-background images
Amazon listings where a grounded shadow lifts perceived product quality
Perfume, cosmetics and skincare brands wanting a premium floating look
Electronics brands making product renders look photographic
Agencies post-processing background-removed catalog images at scale
Social teams making product posts feel more editorial
Why a cut-out product looks fake without a shadow
Remove a background and place the product on white, and something reads as wrong before you can name it. The object has no weight. Every real photograph has a contact point where the product meets the surface, and the eye looks for it — a listing image without one looks like a sticker pasted onto a page.
A shadow is what puts the product back on a surface. It is also the cheapest credibility signal in a listing: the same photo with a correct contact shadow reads as studio work, and without one reads as a supplier image someone cropped.
Four styles, and when each one is right
Contact is a narrow dark band directly under the footprint, with no offset. It is the marketplace-safe choice — it grounds the product without reading as an added effect, which matters where a main image has to look unedited.
Drop is the standard catalogue look: feathered edges, falling slightly behind and to one side, as if lit by a large softbox. Present, flattering, never distracting.
Hard light gives a crisp outline and high contrast, the look of a bare strobe or direct sun. Use it when the image is doing editorial or campaign work rather than sitting in a grid.
Floating puts a soft elliptical pool on the surface with a visible gap beneath the product. It is the premium-launch convention used for footwear, electronics and cosmetics, and it makes an object read as light.
What the AI will not change
Only the shadow layer is added. The product keeps its structure, proportions, colours, materials, finish, labels and every character of visible text, and the background is left exactly as it was.
The renderer is told to use one light source. A second shadow falling from a second direction is the most common tell of a composite, and avoiding it is most of what makes a generated shadow pass.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does it work on a transparent PNG?
Yes, and that is the ideal input. Pair it with the free Background Remover: strip the background first, then add a contact shadow, and you have a marketplace-ready image in two steps.
Will the shadow match the lighting in my photo?
The model reads the product’s own highlights and places the shadow consistently with them. You can also set the light direction yourself — backlit, from the left, from the right, or flat — when you want a specific studio setup.
Can I use these images on Amazon?
Yes. For a main image, Contact is the safest style: it grounds the product without looking like an effect, which is what Amazon’s guidance is really asking for. Secondary gallery slots are unrestricted, so Drop, Hard light and Floating are all fair game.
Does it work on complex shapes?
The shadow follows the true silhouette, including handles, gaps and negative space, rather than drawing a simple ellipse underneath. Glassware and multi-piece products are the hardest cases and the ones worth testing first.
Can I run a whole catalog at once?
Yes. Batch mode applies the same shadow style to every product you select, with the same manual controls available as in single mode.
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