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Reflect
The
newest version of Photoshop Elements makes it really easy to reflect an
object. The method I have on my site to achieve the same is
really quite layer intensive and this one is just a nice step-by-step
procedure that creates reasonable good results.
Does this procedure take all the fun out of it? No - but - one
doesn't really learn how to manipulate layers and do all of the fun
stuff with a step-by-step procedure, right?
The good thing is that you can go back into the layers in the Full Edit
mode and tweak the final results.
There are eight simple steps and each one of them is automated but
there
are a few decisions to make.
To get started select Guided > Fun
Edits > Reflection ...
Reflect Panel
Once you are in this panel just click on the Add Reflection button to
get started - this is what will appear.
In step 2 and 3 you select a color and fill the background with that
color. In this case the chosen color will eventually be the color
of the water.
I want a blue cast and that particular color is not available anywhere
in the image. That's not a problem because the layer created in
this step can be changed to another color in Full Edit mode - but
that's for later.
Step 4 let's you choose the type of reflection - Floor, Glass or
Water. With water selected you can adjust
both the Ripple and Motion Blur with two different dialogue boxes.When
Floor is selected the Gaussian Blur adjustment comes up and with Glass
selected the Filter Gallery is loaded and the reflection (the upside
down part) can be modified.
In step 5 the intensity of the reflection is set.
Step 6 will adjust vertical distortion.
Step 7 is the time to crop the image if it's needed, and ...
The last step is to add a gradient from the bottom of the reflection to
the bottom of the original image.
Further
Adjustments
After clicking Done and going to Full Edit the layers palette is
visible ...
If you don't like the background color then a new color can be applied
to Layer 5.
The Gradient (in the last step) can also be changed by selecting Layer
6 and applying a new gradient.
If you are really adventurous then an Adjustment Layer (Levels, for
instance) can be added above Layer 2 and the levels adjusted.
To have it affect only Layer 2 hold down the Alt key and click on the
line separating Layer 2 and Levels 1.
This insures that the Levels adjustment is only applied to Layer 2 (the
two layers are clipped together).
I'm not really one to leave things alone so messed extensively with the
Gradient Layer and this is the end result ...
This is a really fabulous addition to Elements 9 - have a blast with it!
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