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Creating Reflection

Author: Hv-Designs.co.uk More by this author


Step 1

Open your image you want to add your reflection to, I'm using a picture of my car you will notice I've already cut the background out and stuck the car onto a gradient background, also rised the picture a touch to make enough room for reflection. I've renamed my layers as follows

gradient background = background
my car = car

image 1

Step 2

Once you've prepared your image duplicate the layer you want to add the reflection to in my case i duplicated the "car layer" I've renamed the new layer reflection, once renamed move underneath the car layer, my layers pallet looks like this.

image 2

Step 3

Vertically flip your reflection layer "edit > transform > flip vertical" then position it underneath your picture where you think the reflection will be, like this.

image 3

Step 4

Now add a mask to the reflection layer, like this.

image 4

Now select the "gradient tool" & set your foreground color to black, then in the gradient options box select "foreground to transparent"

image 5

Now drag the gradient from the bottom of the canvas half way up to the image you should have an image like below.

image 6

Step 5

Now adjust the "opacity" to about 25% depending on how much you want to reflect, that's it all done! now let your imagination go wild.

Reflection Tutorial: Final Result



Author's URL: www.hv-designs.co.uk

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