Question on shadowing

[Solan]

I was wondering with Photoshop CS3 how I would be able to put shadowing with my characters as it is already in the background image.

As you can see from the picture the shadow is going like ---> that way

Was wondering how I would be able to make the shadows on the ground going the way I need it to.

 

[Helius]

I would do just a rough image of the character and looking at the shadow in that image, it would gently fade as it comes further from the body. So pretty much start solid at the feet, and then fade it out the further it gets?

 

[Davion]

When you make your layer with you character model:

Right-click and do Blending Options and use Drop shadow. You will need to play with Distance and Size gauges and angle for a bit to get the desired results.

I'm not a 100% sure. That's all I can think off.

Edit: This tutorial might help out a little more, though you might have to deviate from what they are doing.

http://www.biorust.com/tutorials/detail/155/en/