Photoshop Video Tutorial - Adding a Reflection

Aug 11 2008

Photoshop Video Tutorial – Adding a Reflection

Published by Yanik at 7:21 am under Photoshop Tutorials,TUTORIALS,Video Tutorials

This Photoshop™ video tutorial is all about adding a reflection to an object or person that is on a white background. The effect we’re after is to make it look like they’re on a shiny surface. This reflection effect can be done also on a black or any uniformed colored background. This type of reflection is popular with isolated objects in stock photo libraries. Enough rambling! Let’s get right down to it!

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21 responses so far

21 Responses to “Photoshop Video Tutorial – Adding a Reflection”

# JaMon 11 Aug 2008 at 10:23 am

Nice Vid. I really like your turtorials. But this time i would do the gradient in a non-destructive way by using a black layer mask with the white gradient on it. Even though the outcome would look similar. I screw up my pictures so often that I try to work as non-destructively as possible. So just mentioning. ^^
# S. Harton 11 Aug 2008 at 1:03 pm

Thanks for the tutorial. As an artist, this type of information is always useful.
# Jamieon 11 Aug 2008 at 5:24 pm

Great! I don’t shoot portraits but I think I’ll give that a go with some macro shots.
# Debbion 14 Aug 2008 at 11:20 am

This is very helpful!

I would love to see a tutorial on lighting a small product (such as the stethoscope) on white in the future.
Debbi
# ramonaon 20 Aug 2008 at 3:18 am

If I flip vertical the other layers are being flipped also
how can I solve that?
thanks already great tut
# Sueon 20 Aug 2008 at 7:11 am

Thanks for the useful tutorial!
# Yanikon 20 Aug 2008 at 2:25 pm

Ramona:

What you’re doing is going into the Image menu. Go into the EDIT menu and select TRANSFORM. That should do it.
# Vinodon 22 Aug 2008 at 11:59 pm

Very good and nice expalantion Sir….Expecting more of this sort from you…
Love
Vinod
# Heavenon 24 Aug 2008 at 6:56 pm

You are awesome!!! That was a great work! I use to do it in the hard way but thanks to you now it is so much easier.
# larson 27 Aug 2008 at 5:39 am

Thanx man, clear explanation
# Pieter-Janon 30 Aug 2008 at 7:45 am

Hey m8 , rlly enjoyed your tutorial.

I like :

your voice
the way you explane it
like the “gradiying” or something , if that’s a word
the way you ‘welcome me’ felt rlly welcome

Cheers man
# Kayaon 17 Sep 2008 at 9:32 am

Thank you for this nice tutorial
# hannaon 07 Oct 2008 at 3:40 pm

Thank you so much, very clear voice. I mean my international friends can understand you perfectly.
# Raynald Bélangeron 07 Oct 2008 at 11:11 pm

Very nice tutorial is perfect to me, My english is not very good but I understand your voice is clear. Thanks!
# Lecaroon 11 Nov 2008 at 8:03 pm

very easy… there are many easy things in photoshop that i don’t know…
thank you
# Carrieon 07 Dec 2008 at 9:47 pm

Great tutorial! Very well done. I hope to see many more from you!
# Kenon 07 Jan 2009 at 12:01 am

Thank you so much I am new to this and your tutorials are very clear and concise. You are certainly the best I have come across.

Thanks again, Ken
# Drewon 09 Mar 2009 at 9:52 pm

Yanik

Any suggestions on how to make the reflection appear a bit “glossy” if you indeed did not shoot the original on a shiny floor/sruface? A reflection on a matte surface just doesn’t look “real” to me, as a matte surface isn’t likely to reflect.

Thanks, and keep up the awesome work!!

Drew
# CYBERon 11 Mar 2010 at 1:37 pm

YANIK.. YOU ROCK!!!!!!!
# Street Viewon 09 May 2010 at 12:46 am

Yanik, that was great, exactly what I needed. You can do this for buttons, text, and other ways as well to give that web 2.0 look.

Thanks again
# Nataliaon 02 Nov 2010 at 11:20 am

Dear Yanik!
Thank you for your nice and useful tutorials!