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Water reflection effect in Photoshop
Let's learn how to create a wavy water reflection effect in this really easy to follow Photoshop tutorial.
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Open a picture where you want to apply the reflection.
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Choose the Rectangular Marque Tool.
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Make a selection of the part you want it to reflect (see picture).
Press Ctrl + J to create a new layer from your selection.
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Press Ctrl + T to enter the free transform mode.
Set the vertical scale to -100% (see picture).
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Press Enter to confirm transformation changes.
Press Ctrl + D to deselect you selection.
Press V to choose the Selection Tool and move the new layer so it looks like the original image reflection (see picture).
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Create a new layer.
Press D and X to set the white foreground color.
Press Alt + Delete to fill the new layer with white color.
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In the menu click Filter, Sketch and choose Halftone Pattern...
In the settings window, set the Size to 7, Contrast to 50 and choose Line as a Pattern Type.
Click OK.
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In the menu click Filter, Blur and choose Gaussian Blur...
Set the Radius to 4 pixels and click OK.
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In the menu click Layer and choose Duplicate Layer...
Choose a New document and enter Lines next to the Name.
Click OK.
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Now let's save this document that we will need to make the reflection look wavy.
In the menu click File and choose Save As... and save the file.
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Now go back to your first document and delete the lines layer (see picture).
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Press Alt + Ctrl + Shift + E to merge all the layers into a new layer.
Your layer situation should be looking like mine at this point.
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In the menu click Filter, Distort and choose Displace...
In the Displace settings window, set Horizontal Scale to 4 and Vertical Scale to 0.
Choose Stretch To Fit and Repeat Edge Pixels options and click OK then when asked open the document you saved in step 10 (Lines.psd).
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Your picture is now all in waves.
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Choose the Rectangular Marque Tool and make a selection to exactly where the reflection starts (see picture).
Press Delete to delete the selection.
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You have reached the end of this tutorial, I'm sure you did just great.
If you need some extra help just use Forum.
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