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Apr27

Design 102: Receding Reflection Tutorial

For a more basic reflection tutorial find it here. To start, paste your image into a new Photoshop file. Be sure to leave some room at the bottom for your reflection.

step1

To make the photo appear to be receding back, transform the top layer by selecting Edit > Transform > Perspective.

step2

Select one of the corners and drag up enough to make the photo look like it is receding into the background (don’t overdo it) Once you’re done, hit RETURN.

step3

In order to complete the perspective, you need to scale the photo so it doesn’t look stretched. Select Edit > Transform > Scale.

step4

Select one of the side handles and drag over enough to make the photo look like it has maintained the original proportions (once again, don’t overdo it) Once you’re done, hit RETURN.

step5

Next, duplicate the layer your image is on by right clicking the layer and select: Duplicate Layer.

step6

Now select the bottom layer, and under edit > transform> Flip Vertical.

step7

Use the selection tool and move the image down so that the bottom corner of the top layer is touching the top corner of the bottom layer.

step8

With the bottom layer still selected, transform the bottom layer to match the edges of the top layer. Choose Edit > Transform > Perspective. Select the side handle and drag it up till the edges are touching the top layer.

step9

Still using that same bottom layer, create a new layer mask.

step10

Select the gradient tool, and make sure that your foreground color is black and your background color is white. In the gradient options, select linear foreground to background.

step11

Make sure you still have the mask layer selected (you will see lines bordering the corners). Hold down shift and apply a gradient from the bottom of the canvas to the top of the bottom image (make sure you do this in the middle of the canvas.

step12

Apply an opacity to your bottom layer (and crop the canvas if you’d like), and you’re done!

step13

More reflection tutorials to come. Stay tuned.

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This post was published on Monday, April 27, 2009 at 12:57 pm

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