There are images with no free space to work with, so you need to add white space to the canvas/working area. Duplicate content of the selection on a new layer by using Cmd/Ctrl + J or create a new layer and use Edit > Copy/ Paste options. Use Rectangular Marquee Tool (M) or Polygonal Lasso Tool (L) and make a selection, starting from where you want to define the shoreline. If you have some space in your image and it won’t disturb the perspective in the image, then make a selection of that area. Go to File > Open or use keyboard shortcut Cmd (Mac)/Ctrl (Win) + O. Open the image you want to apply reflection into Photoshop. Let’s try to put the notes from above into practice. The main thing is to convey the essence/property/material of water in your work and maintain realism. It will be easier for you to recreate that in digital work, depending on the conditions of your task and the result. You will find even more features if you pay attention to observation and study of photographs and real life. Even a large accumulation of water changes its color. The sky and everything on the shore is especially affected. All the colors around it are reflected and mixed into it, sometimes with greater saturation and/or contrast. The water view from a distance is not so much transparent. Moving water may not have a reflection, but the direction of the ripples must correspond to the movement of the water. It cannot contain objects on the foreground that are very far away on the ground surface. On the horizon, it is barely noticeable, ripples or waves are visible in the foreground. Is it the surface of the ocean, a river, or a small puddle? The texture changes as you get closer to the viewer.
Is this influenced by the weather conditions and the scale from which you see it or want to recreate it? In heavy rain or storm, it is very chaotic.Ĭonsider the scale for what you need, the texture, and what kind. Water, it shines and reflects everything around itself, and most importantly, it is transparent.ĭepending on many conditions, the water surface is changeable. In the end, a few ideas on how this can be improved to get a more interesting result. Adjust the tonal balance to imitate the properties of water in real life. Next, we’ll apply a filter to add distortion. We will transform the copy of the original image to simulate the mirroring behavior. We’ll start by preparing the location for the water reflection. We’ll look at some examples of digital creation, and we will create a little photo manipulation by adding water reflection to the image using Photoshop tools. Consider some features and issues related to texture assignment and different situations and what properties they convey. We’ll look at how the reflection effect in the water looks like in real life. The PSD files of this tutorial can be downloaded via the PSD Vault Shop for free. Also, get a basic understanding of how it works to adapt and modify it as you wish.
#WATER REFLECTION HOW TO#
With a practical example, you can learn how to create reflections using Photoshop’s capabilities. In this tutorial, you will learn how to create perfect water reflection effect for various objects in Photoshop 2020.
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