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How to create an object reflection in Photoshop
You have probably seen numerous of object reflections on web pages and magazines. Let me show you how to do that.
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Create a new Photoshop document with a size of 600 x 800 pixels if you're going to use the the same iPad 2 picture as I.
Click here to download the iPad 2 picture.
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In the menu click File and choose Place...
Choose the picture and click Place.
You can double click the picture as well.
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You just placed the picture into a new layer.
Press Enter.
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Press Ctrl + J to duplicate the layer.
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Press Ctrl + T.
Right click the picture and choose Rotate 180°.
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Now pull down the new layer like I did and press Enter.
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Now we are going to create that gradiental reflection effect with a help of layer mask.
Click Add layer mask button.
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Choose the Gradient Tool.
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And draw a line from up to bottom like I did.
You can repeat this step as much as you want to.
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And here it is, quite simple right?
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Click here if you want to learn how to create such reflection using Gimp.
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