: How to create fake reflections? How can I create fake reflections easily like the one here: Any online or easy open source tools out there?

@Vandalay110

Read this article: THE SHINY FLOOR EFFECT so fresh and so clean web2.0 – yummy. It's a nice step-by-step guide to the simple shiny floor. I believe it's targeted at Photoshop, but it's no problem to mimic via e.g. The GIMP.

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@Caterina889

If you're using GIMP, I've created some pictures (== 1000 words * 5) that should show the process:

EDIT: Just be sure to start with a transparent background. I made the mistake of starting with a white background, but I fixed it using Colours->Colour To Alpha. Alternatively, if you're insane, you can use Channels or something similar.


Copy your image into a new layer, and Image->Transform->Flip Vertically (or Layer->Transform->Flip Vertically). Optionally, if you want to rotate it so that it corresponds to a different angle of rotation, use Image->Transform->Guillotine (or Layer->Transform-> Arbitrary Rotation), too. Notice the distance between the original and reflection; the more this distance is, the further away the surface of reflection looks.





Add a background layer.

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@Berumen635

I always use this guide. It's quite fast and easy; you just have to put your text or file which you want to reflect, download this style and use it whenever, wherever you want.

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@Murray976

This tutorial should give you more than what you are looking for:

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@Megan533

In Photoshop, copy the image, flip it, and apply a gradient opacity mask. You can do the same in Illustrator (you have to kind of hunt for the opacity mask under the "Transparency" tab.

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