Hi guys, this is SaDesign channel and today I’ll gonna show you how to create water reflection in Photoshop.

(1). First, enable ruller with CTRL or CMD + R, to create a rule line, in the horizontal rule, click and drag to the bottom of photo, then turn of the ruler.

(2). Press CTRL + ALT + C or CMD + OPTION + C to open canvas size, change inches to percent, then expand height to 200.

(3). Use “rectangular marquee tool” to select the photo and press CTRL or CMD + J twice

(4). In layer 1, press CTRL + T, click to the top of the photo and drag all the way down to the bottom to flip it. Next, Filter > Blur > Motion Blur > change angel to 90 degree and distance is 40 pixels.

(5). Use “Smudge tool” to push the towers’ reflections to the right, just like it’s in the water surface. Create a new layer to create waves on the surface of water, make sure background is white and press CTRL or CMD + Delete to fill it with white. Go to Filter > Noise > Add noise > 400% of the amount and OK.

(6). Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur > choose 2 pixels and OK. Reduce the opacity to 30%, duplicate it with CTRL or CMD + J. In layer 2, change blending mode from normal to “soft light” . In layer 2 copy, press CTRL + I and change blending mode to “Overlay”

(7). Use blur tool to blur the reflection. Create a stamp visible layer with CTRL + SHIFT + E for Window or CMD + SHIFT + E for MAC.

(8). Use gradient tool with black and transparent preset, click at the bottom and drag to create a gradient, reduce the opacity to 34%. Create a new layer, use rectangular marquee tool to select the middle area which is the line, press SHIFT + F6 to add feather at 10 pixels. Press ALT or OPTION + Delete to fill the selection with black in foreground. Change blending mode to soft light. That’s all for this tutorial. Have fun!

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