Posted on Sat, 2005-12-10 19:17
This tutorial with guide you through how to make a reflection from text:
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Open Photoshop and create a new document. I'm using 400x200 |
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Select the text tool and select the font you want to use. I am using Querround which I downloaded from dafont.com |
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Type you text in black |
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Duplicate your text layer then right click it in the Layers panel and click Rasterize Type |
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Duplicate your text layer then right click it in the Layers panel and click Rasterize Type |
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Go to Edit » Transform » Flip Vertical |
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With the Move Tool (V) selected, hold down Shift key and drag the flipped text down so the bottom of each touch |
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Then with the Move Tool still selected, let go of Shift key and press the down arrow key once |
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Now go to Edit » Transform » Perspective |
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Select the bottom right corner and drag slightly to the right then press Enter to keep the changes |
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Ctrl + Click on the preview by the copied text layer to select the text area |
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Press the Delete key to clear the text, but don't deselect the area |
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Select the Gradient Tool and set it to Foreground to Transparent, or Foreground to Background if you are using a white background. |
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Drag a line from the top of the selection to the bottom of the selection while holding the Shift key. Holding the Shift key will keep the gradient a straight 90 degrees from the horizontal. |
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Then set the Opacity of the reflection layer to 50% |
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Then using the Free Transform Tool, Ctrl + T or Edit » Free Transform |
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Drag the bottom up a bit |
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Now you have a simple reflection. You can also add an innerglow to the reflection with the colour set to white and the Opacity set to 60% and Mode set to Screen.
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