I received a request from one of my readers to put up posts for editing images in Photoshop. I decided it was not a bad idea after all, so I'm posting some of the tricks I learned from my many years of self-exploration and online instruction.
This tutorial is taken from http://pstutorialsblog.com/81/reflection-tutorial/.
Let's start off with mirror reflections. Tech gadgets around the worldwide web have often been shown in advertisements as reflecting a smooth and liquid reflection. This is really one of the easiest effects to do with Photoshop, but the end result will leave others amazed with your creation.
![PS reflection text](http://pstutorialsblog.com/tutorials/reflection/text.gif)
The first step is to duplicate our text layer. You can do that by simply pressing Ctrl+J or by going to Layer -> Duplicate Layer.
Now, select the Move Tool (V) and drag the duplicate layer below the original one like in the screenshot below.
![aligning the layers](http://pstutorialsblog.com/tutorials/reflection/movelayer.gif)
(You can also add a bit of perspective to the reflection layer by transforming it (Edit->Transform->Perspective) if you want.
The next step is to add a layer mask to the duplicate layer. To do this simply click on the add layer mask button in the layers palette.
![add layer mask button](http://pstutorialsblog.com/tutorials/reflection/mask.gif)
Now pick the Gradient Tool and draw a gradient (black to white) in the direction that the arrow is showing in the screenshot below. (Hold Shift while you draw the gradient)
![gradient direction](http://pstutorialsblog.com/tutorials/reflection/gradient.gif)
You should now have something like this.
![Gradient result](http://pstutorialsblog.com/tutorials/reflection/gradientresult.gif)
Finally just reduce the opacity of the duplicate layer and you are all done. I reduced the opacity to 35% and here is my final result.
![Final result of photoshop training session](http://pstutorialsblog.com/tutorials/reflection/final.gif)
There is no golden rule about the opacity % , just play with the opacity setting until you get your desired result.
1 comment:
wow. this is a great tutorial, JB! thanks for sharing. anyways, let's link ex ha. tc!
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