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Water Reflection in Photoshop 7

by TutorialPark

In this photoshop tutorial I'll show you how to create a water reflection. We used a flower as an object being reflected in this tutorial.

Step 1.
Open a photo with a flower. Choose the Polygonal Lasso Tool and draw the flower out.

Step 2.
Create a new document without background and drag the flower in it holding Ctrl (call this layer "Flower").

Step 3.
Create a new layer (call it "Water"). Choose the Rectangular Marquee Tool and create a rectangle like shown in the pic.2. Apply Filter > Render > Clouds (use Hue/Saturation to your liking). Press Ctrl+D and drag the "Water" layer under the "Flower" layer.

Step 4.
Choose the Polygonal Lasso Tool and draw the lower part of the flower out. Apply Layer > New > Layer via Cut (Shft+Ctrl+J) and set the opacity -> 50%.

Step 5.
Choose the "Water" layer. Choose the Elliptical Marquee Tool and create an ellipse like shown in the pic.3. Apply Filter > Distort > ZigZag with the following settings: Amount->60%; Ridges->6; Style-> Around center.

Step 6.
Now add a dark sky. And that's it.