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Create a Reflection Effect in Photoshop CS3

This Photoshop CS3 tutorial is an installment of The Russell Brown Show.
Realistic reflections are a very popular effect in today’s imagery. You can hop on the bandwagon by following the instructions in this easy-to-follow tutorial.
Click on “Mirror Mirror” or the animation below to begin streaming the 7MB QuickTime video.
If you don’t have QuickTime installed, you can get it here.
It won’t take you long to add a reflection using this technique.

 

RUSSELL BROWN is the Senior Creative Director at Adobe Systems, and an Emmy Award-winning instructor. He shares his delight in testing the creative limits of his tools, and his in-depth design knowledge and zany presentation style has won him a regular following among beginning, intermediate, and advanced users alike.
  • TheGraphicMac says:

    Excellent tutorial… although, I’m not sure how a reflection shows up in sand ;-)

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  • Anonymous says:

    I am trying to watch the tuorial..lol

  • Anonymous says:

    it doesn’t work in cs4….so, how to in cs4?

  • Anonymous says:

    Works in CS3. Thanks. Normal works better than luminosity if using multiple images on layers and trying to get a reflective text.

    – TechGeeks-Online.com

  • Anonymous says:

    In CS3, I’ve tried 3 times to do this tutorial, but my overlay isn’t showing up. When you select your “target” area with clone stamp, and then move over to the cloning source tabbed panel to turn on view overlay, my picture doesn’t “follow me” around on the screen.

    Unfortunately, I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong, but this effect is exactly what I need.

  • Anonymous says:

    I have the latest QuickTime player, but when you click on the video only Windows Media player comes up. And it doesn’t support this file.

    I have tried importing the URL into QuickTime, but it says that this is invalid.

    Also, the Play, Pause buttons, etc., do not display properly.

    This looks like a great tutorial, and it would be so good to access it.

  • Terri Stone says:

    Check it again. Should be working now.

    Thanks,

    Terri Stone
    Editor in Chief, CreativePro.com

  • Anonymous says:

    this guy thinks he’s a celebrity and it’s really really annoying. Good tips, but really annoying.

  • Anonymous says:

    Thanks for the ‘tip-advice’ with the mirror-mirror resource here. I happened upon your website and will come back often with the great resource/help that you provide. – thanks alot. -jeff d.

  • Anonymous says:

    If the image to be reflected is isolated on a layer, using Edit->Transform->Flip Vertical seems more efficient than using the clone tools. Can you clarify under what conditions cloning s preferable?

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