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Tutorials > Reflection

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Reflection

Step One

Step One

Place your text or object on top of a gradient creating a horizon effect.

Step Two

Step Two

Copy the text to another layer and do the following:
Edit > Transform > Flip Vertical

Once this is done you can now right click on the layer you just fliped and choose select transparency layer to select the text.

Step Three

Step Three

Fill the selection in with a gradient using the same color as the font you chose, going from 100 to 0 opacity, once the gradient looks like a reflection go:
Edit > Transform > Skew

Skew the text from right to left or vice versa depending on which direction the lights coming from.

If your not quite satisfied with the effect you can also create a slight blur on the reflection by doing the following:
Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur

I wouldn't use anything more than a 0.5 on the gaussian blur.

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