How to make an image look like a reflection

How to make an image look like a reflection

Reflection is such a thing that is able to improve and enhance the overall look of a photo. It is a good technique for grabbing the attention of the viewers immediately. Do you also have an interest in that? Then you have arrived at the right place. In this article, I am going to show you how you can make an ​image look like a reflection​. I am using photoshop for this tutorial to add ​reflection in image.

Multiple ways are available for performing this task. But I am going to teach you it in simple steps. To ​create a reflection in photoshop​ you have to choose the area that you want to make reflect. Press M from the keyboard to enable the marquee selection option and pick the portion with this tool that you want to create reflection.

For this image, I am going to​ ​make a reflection​ of the car. After selecting the area, press the right button of the mouse and hit on this option.

It will create a new layer of the selected area. After this, you have to select this option from the upper menu.

That will make the selected option vertical. Then press V from the keyboard to move the object as like as you want. Then place it at the bellow of the subject

like a shadow. If you need to perform any further adjustment, you can press CTRL+ T for enabling free transform option.

The place it in the best balancing look. At this stage, the picture will not be properly reflection of the image. But don’t worry we are going to fix it in the later part.

But the copied layer is not looking like the reflection. To make this like a reflection go to blend mode option of the layer and choose screen or lighten option according to the object. For this picture, I have tried both of the option and the screen was the suitable one.

Though this is not in the proper shape yet. To bring it into the appropriate ​shape bring the mask mode by clicking on the add mask option.

Then You can enable the mask option by clicking on the mask thumbnail along with pressing ALT. Disable the main layer by clicking on the eye icon.

Formerly, pick the eraser option and erase the rest of the thing apart from the object.

To see it in the perfect shape we can you bring the mask option and keep the object as white and other part as the background like this picture.

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Some portion of the picture is not black properly. This is intentionally for bringing a blurry look at the edges of the reflection Again, press the mask thumbnail along with the ALT to bring back to normal.

Look at the ​reflection is added perfectly​. Isn’t it a simple procedure?

Now, easily you can make a reflection into an image.