Aug 11 2008
Photoshop Video Tutorial – Adding a Reflection
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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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. ^^
Thanks for the tutorial. As an artist, this type of information is always useful.
Great! I don’t shoot portraits but I think I’ll give that a go with some macro shots.
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
If I flip vertical the other layers are being flipped also
how can I solve that?
thanks already great tut
Thanks for the useful tutorial!
Ramona:
What you’re doing is going into the Image menu. Go into the EDIT menu and select TRANSFORM. That should do it.
Very good and nice expalantion Sir….Expecting more of this sort from you…
Love
Vinod
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.
Thanx man, clear explanation
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
Thank you for this nice tutorial
Thank you so much, very clear voice. I mean my international friends can understand you perfectly.
Very nice tutorial is perfect to me, My english is not very good but I understand your voice is clear. Thanks!
very easy… there are many easy things in photoshop that i don’t know…
thank you
Great tutorial! Very well done. I hope to see many more from you!
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
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
YANIK.. YOU ROCK!!!!!!!
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
Dear Yanik!
Thank you for your nice and useful tutorials!