Reflection Tutorial

Jan

Posted by Eljon in Tutorials.

Good evening, tonight I’ll be going to share to you the very first technique I’ve learn as I was exploring Adobe Photoshop. Text Reflection is very simple. You can do it in split seconds (naaahhh just exaggerating hehehe ). The one that I’ll be teaching now is only one of the many techniques in making reflections using Adobe Photoshop.

This technique is only applicable with single-colored background. Soon, I’ll post the more advanced (applicable to any background) technique of making reflections. For now, let’s start with this simple reflection tutorial.

Step 1: First off, I have created a new document and just type Eljon as my reflecting text.
Step 2: Duplicate the text layer. You can do that by simply pressing Ctrl+J or by going to Layer -> Duplicate Layer.
Step 3: Select the duplicated layer and flip it vertically. You can do this by pressing Ctrl+T or by going to Edit -> Free Transform. Then, drag the duplicate layer below the original one.
Step 4: Create a new layer by simply pressing Shift+Ctrl+N or by going to Layer -> New… -> Layer.
Step 5: Click on the new layer, choose the Rectangular Marquee Tool and select the inverted text.
Step 6: Now pick the Gradient Tool and make a gradient ‘white to white’ with one side having 0 opacity.
Step 7: Draw the gradient from the bottom of the selection and then drag it upward. Just reduce the opacity of the duplicated layer until you get your desired result.

Note: Just click the images below for the respective screenshots of every step.

You can also make some free transform to the duplicated layer for some nifty effects like this:

13 Responses to “Reflection Tutorial”

sweeshyle said:
Posted on January 4th, 2010 at 2:33 pm
nice,,cpag mu.. tnx s info..hehe (sav mu mgcomment eh) =]]

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Eljon Reply:
January 4th, 2010 at 2:37 pm
hehehe tnx paie, ur welcome. (baka nga alam mo na din toh weh hahaha) btw thanks pa din haha nagcomment tlga nux!

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Alexify said:
Posted on January 4th, 2010 at 2:35 pm
Wow! Very nice. Keep it up!

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Eljon Reply:
January 4th, 2010 at 2:39 pm
weeee thanks thanks. >.<

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rara said:
Posted on January 4th, 2010 at 2:39 pm
ahahaha ang gling nmn…pwang wla tau assignment ehehehe
pwo mhusay!!!!
ehehehe

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Eljon Reply:
January 4th, 2010 at 3:16 pm
hahaha oo nga weh pag gantong bagay ang sipag ko, pag assignment kakatamad gawn haha tnx tnx sa comment. >.<

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dhen said:
Posted on January 4th, 2010 at 3:11 pm
..nice2x … ang dae tlga alam ooh hehehe .. sana aku dn jimmy neutron hahah.. peace .. gudluck .muahx

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Eljon Reply:
January 4th, 2010 at 3:17 pm
hahaha si honey tlga, thanks sa comment .laplap hahaha

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dhen Reply:
January 4th, 2010 at 3:23 pm
wa anuman honey … hihihihi… gus2 muh mak plad aku d2 hahaha … .kiss .hug …

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Eljon Reply:
January 4th, 2010 at 3:31 pm
waaah bawal plad d2 honey haha mababanned ka hahaha .lol :-*

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dhen Reply:
January 4th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
awp … ndi n qu plad … hahaha auq mbanned ndi n qu mka2pg comment .. hahaha .pok …

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sweeshyle said:
Posted on January 6th, 2010 at 3:02 pm
ui,,pnu ung pgnagcomment d2 my picture ng ngcomment n lumalabas??haha ung kmuka nung ky rara tska nung s isa..?? hehe

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Eljon Reply:
January 7th, 2010 at 1:55 am
hehehe upload ka ng picture sa gravatar using ung email add na gamit mo d2 hehehe ^^,

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