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Detailed instruction on how to create text reflection.

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Step1:

Create a new image, File>New or (Ctrl+N). Set the Width(800) Height(600) and change the background color to white #FFFFFF.

Step2:

Type something in your work area I typed REFLECT using the IMPACT font. Press Ctrl+J to duplicate your layer. Click on the Chop Tool image 1 and right click on the REFLECT font you just duplicated and click Free Transform as shown below.

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Step3:

Change the Height (H) of your text to -100 this will flip your text around as shown below.

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Step4:

Right click on the text layer you just flipped and click Blending Options and enter the setting for the Gradient Overlay.

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Gradient Setting

When you finished with the setting you should have something like I have below.

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Step5:

Still on the same layer change the Opacity to 20% as shown below.

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Now you should have something like I have below.

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Hold Ctrl and click on your REFLECT layers to select it and press Ctrl+E to merge the layers. Now you should have two layers your background and one Reflect layer. Now click Image>Adjustments>Hue/Saturation or Ctrl+U as shown below, the Hue/Saturation window will pop up. If you click Colorize in the Hue/Saturation window and play around with the Levels you can change the color to what ever you like.

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Step6:

That's it, here is my finished work.

Text Reflection