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How To Create a Reflection Shadow in Photoshop

Reflection is a nice element to add in product photos. It brings an attractive look in the photo and makes the object more appealing. By using Photoshop, reflection can be created for any types of object. Read this article to know the progression of generating a reflection in Photoshop step by step.

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How To Create a Reflection Shadow in Photoshop

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  1. How To Create a Reflection Shadow in Photoshop Reflection is a nice element to add in product photos. It brings an attractive look in the photo and makes the object more appealing. By using Photoshop, reflection can be created for any type of object. Read this article to know the progression of generating a ​reflection in Photoshop​ step by step. There are several ways in Photoshop to create a reflection. In this article, I am introducing you to the easiest way of making a reflection. Start with opening the photo that you are expecting to make reflection.

  2. Then open the free transform mode by pressing CTRL+T. Then you will find an an outline around your object.

  3. Press on the right button of the mouse you will find a dialogue box like this

  4. Choose the below option named Flit vertical and your object will flip vertically immediately.

  5. But that is not enough to bring a realistic look. To bring a realistic looks in it, create a new layer by pressing CTRL and J. After taking the new layer select this and go to history brush tool from the history brush option. You will find the option from here. There will be two types of option like History Brush tool and Art history brush tool. You need to choose the first one called History Brush Tool. Then increase the brush size and adjust the opacity and hardness according to your requirement. If you are looking for a hard reflection shadow set the history brush opacity low. Set the opacity high when you are asking for a soft shadow. Start from the below side don’t need to change much the upper side of the shadow.

  6. After doing a decent job with the History Brush tool your object will look similar to this.

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