HOW DO YOU DO THIS?

I love spreading my photos on instgram but I hate all those really low quality programs that prevents instagram from cropping your photo and I guess it looks okay, but this guy I follow on instagram has these amazing canvases that are made via photoshop according to him, how do you do this? Im guessing its something really simple but I can't figure it out, thanks!

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com …58399751@N04/12​207794114/

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com …58399751@N04/12​207787594/

( I also want to go from a full jpg file which is like 5100x3846 or something like that to instagrams 1936x1936 I believe

You could ask iggz or do a search for something like this: http://www.shirleybehi​ndthelens.com …s-drop-shadows-using.html

ChunkyDA wrote in post #16647086
You could ask iggz or do a search for something like this: http://www.shirleybehi​ndthelens.com …s-drop-shadows-using.html

I tried asking him, he just says "photoshop." every time I do lol

Not everyone is interested in sharing their "secret recipe."

He probably did use Photoshop for some or all of those images. By not giving further details, the photographer has indicated that he doesn't want to give further details.

nathancarter wrote in post #16647210
Not everyone is interested in sharing their "secret recipe."

He probably did use Photoshop for some or all of those images. By not giving further details, the photographer has indicated that he doesn't want to give further details.

I figured that much, i just wanted to know if anybody had any ideas on how to do it

Not being an instagram user, I don't see anything here that would fit my idea of an "amazing canvas". What are you trying to do exactly?

I don't really care about the photo it self, its just the way he lays them on, normally instagram crops photos horrendously, but he presents the photo in a really interesting why, like how theres a shadow casted behind it and how its floating

I use square it, it doesn't degrade quality.(That I've noticed)

I use 1280 images before sending it to square it.

kjonnnn wrote in post #16647758
Its just a shadow. Right Click Layer > Blending Options > Drop Shadow > adjust..
He may have put his photo on a white background ..

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I just tried it, didn't really see any results..

jonathanheierle wrote in post #16648288
I just tried it, didn't really see any results..

You have to play around with the direction, size, distance and spread. This is all he is doing to the photos, no hidden magic here.

tupper wrote in post #16648334
You have to play around with the direction, size, distance and spread. This is all he is doing to the photos, no hidden magic here.

i played with the distance and tried putting it in different directions with different opacities and i couldnt get anything, maybe im doing it wrong

jonathanheierle wrote in post #16648412
i played with the distance and tried putting it in different directions with different opacities and i couldnt get anything, maybe im doing it wrong

You have to expand the canvas to include the shadow.

Scatterbrained wrote in post #16648450
You have to expand the canvas to include the shadow.

when you save the photo will the checker board stuff change to black?

make a new document in Photoshop 1936X1936. place image in the center on it's own layer. Add drop shadow.