Reflection - Customize your Glasses Reflection

Reflection - Customize your Glasses Reflection

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15 JANUARY
2012

WRITTEN BY: KIMBERLEY

PUBLISHED IN: PHOTO EFFECT

Reflection effects in Photoshop can be easily done. It is the process of placing an image on the surface of another image to generate a realistic reflection effect. We usually see this kind of technique in most printed works like billboards, canvas prints, movie posters and even in web designing.

Hello Everybody, this is my first tutorial on Tutbase!

I will explain to you how to customize a reflection.
In mine example i've used sunglasses, but this could also apply on eyes or other things that reflect.

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Step 1.

Open the image were you want to apply the reflection on.
This is the one I've used:

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Step 2.

Select the glassframes of the glasses with any selection tool. I've used 'Quick Mask Mode'.
When you've clicked the Quick Mask Mode, grab you're brush tool, and color the the glasses.

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Step 3.

Once you have colored the glasses click on the 'Quick Mask Mode'-button once again to make the selection.
Cmd+Shift+I to inverse the selection. Now Duplicate the selection into a new layer by applying Cmd+J.

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Step 4.

Load in the picture that you want to use in the reflection. Make sure this is in a new layer wich will be above the 'glasses layer'
I've used this image of Times Square.

Rightclick on the picture, select 'Make Clipping Mask' and set the Opacity to 40% and blending option to 'Screen'.

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And this is how i created my Reflection.

Hope you've enjoyed my tutorial!