Step 9: Add a Displacement Layer © Kevin Landwer-Johan Name and save the image where you can easily locate it for the next step. To do this, press Ctrl+T (Command+T) again and drag the top handle down to just about halfway. Resize your noise image, so it fills a little more than the lower half of the canvas. Press Enter and zoom back to 100% (Ctrl+Alt+0 or Command+Option+0 on your keyboard.) So it looks natural when you incorporate it into your reflection image. This stretches the base of the image and helps distort the noise. Zoom out a long way, so your noise image is small on your monitor.Ĭlick on either the bottom left or bottom right handle on the Transform box and drag it horizontally. Right-click inside the image and choose Perspective. With the layer selected, press Ctrl+T (Command+T) on your keyboard to bring up the Transform window. Step 8: Stretch the Perspective © Kevin Landwer-Johan Right-click the layer and select Convert to Smart Object. Turn on all the channels by clicking RGB. Set the Angle to zero, the Height to 5, and the Amount to 500. Select the Green channel and Filter > Stylize > Emboss from the top menu. Set the Angle to 90, the Height to 5, and the Amount to 500. Choose Filter > Stylize > Emboss from the top menu. Open the Channel Panel and click on the Red Channel. Step 7: Emboss the Texture © Kevin Landwer-Johan
You will see a speckled look in your image. Select Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and set the Radius to 1.5 pixels. Make the Amount 400% and select the check box for Uniform. And you can begin building a texture to add to your reflection layer.įrom the top menu, select Filer > Noise > Add Noise. Now you can add some noise to the black layer. Step 6: Add Noise and Blur for Texture © Kevin Landwer-Johan Unlock the background layer by clicking on the padlock icon in the Layers panel. Next, select the Paint Bucket Fill tool and fill the image with black. I made mine 30% of my reflection image size. Otherwise, Photoshop may not be able to save it. Make it the same shape as your reflection image but a smaller size. Now you need to create a new file to help make the reflection more realistic. © Kevin Landwer-Johan Step 5: Create a New File Nudge the layer up, so there is no gap between it and the top layer if you need to. I set my pixel distance at 20 in this example. This varies depending on the size and resolution of the image you are working with. Make the angle 90 degrees and the distance a value, so it looks good. And press Enter on your keyboard.įrom the top menu, choose Filter > Blur > Motion Blur. Right-click inside the image and select Flip Vertical. Do this using the Transform tool, which can be initiated using Ctrl+T (Command+T) on your keyboard. The lower layer will be your reflection, so you need to flip it vertically. Step 4: Flip the Lower Layer and Add Blur © Kevin Landwer-Johan Then drag the duplicated layer into the space below your original layer. Make both layers Smart Objects by right-clicking them in the Layers panel. And rename the layers to make it easier to track which one you are working with. Duplicate the layer by selecting the layer and using Ctrl+J (Command+J) on your keyboard. Unlock the layer by clicking the padlock icon in the Layers panel. This means the new canvas space is added under your image. On the Anchor diagram, click on the arrow at the top center. Next to the Height input box, click on the drop-down and choose Percent.
Ctrl+Alt+C (Command+Option+C) opens the canvas and resizes the window. Now you need to double the size of your canvas to make room for the Photoshop reflection. Step 2: Double the Canvas Size © Kevin Landwer-Johan Keep this in mind when you choose a photo to use. If I had not cropped it, there would be too much dark space between the house and the reflection. I have cropped the bottom of the photo where there was nothing of interest. This means the result can be more realistic looking.įor this tutorial, I have chosen a photo of a house at dusk. This makes it more complicated.Ĭhoose a photo with a clean line at the bottom of the part you want to reflect. See if elements in the foreground overlap with the area you want to make a mirror image of. Pre-visualize how a Photoshop reflection will look on the photo.
Making the right choice of photograph to create a reflection for is a first and very important step. Step 1: Choose a Photo to Add a Reflection
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In this article, you learn how to add a water reflection to an image. Each step has alternative ways of achieving the same results. There are many methods of making reflection images in Photoshop. How to Easily Create a Reflection in Photoshop
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