5 Reflejos Esenciales en Photoshop

5 Reflejos esenciales en Photoshop
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The 5 Essential Photoshop Reflections
Posted by David Leggett in Photoshop Tutorials on December 07th, 2007

Youve undoubtedly seen these 5 reflections in all sorts of graphic design, website design, and
interface design. In this tutorial, Ill show you how to make them in Photoshop.
The Reflections
You see reflections everywhere in design, whether you realize it or not. You see them used in
graphics, commercials, products, and even websites. There are lots of photoshop tutorials that teach
how to create a specific reflection, but in this tutorial, I am going to outline how to create 5 of the
most widely used types of reflections in design. Feel free to download the attached PSD if youd like
to work on the same document Ill be editing.
The Surface Reflection

The Surface Reflection is probably the most widely known reflection type, as it has basically been
made into an icon by Apple Inc. Basically, its simply the reflection of an object on a surface below
the object. Its very simple to create.
Begin by Duplicating the layers you wish to reflect (Right Click Layer > Duplicate Layer). In my case,
it will be the Tutorial9 Logo. Next, Flip the layer Vertically (Edit > Transform > Flip Vertical).
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Now, using the Move Tool, drag your new layer just below the original.
Using the Eraser Tool, with a brush size of 40-200 (It will vary from case to case, just experiment),
and Hardness set to 0%, erase the bottom of your upside down cloud. Hold Shift while erasing to
erase in a perfect line.
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erase in a perfect line.
Only thing left to do is Adjust the Layer Opacity to control the intensity of the reflection. Thats it for
the surface reflection!
The Environment Reflection
The Environment Reflection Might be best known as the Reflection used for windows in Microsoft
Windows Vista. There are plenty of other uses for it too, such as menu bars on website, or Icon
Design.
To start, you need to Select the Layer Transparency of the layer you will be adding the reflection
too. To do this, Ctrl + Click said layer, or Right Click > Select Layer Transparency. You must click the
actual layer icon, NOT the layer name.
From here we can create two different reflection types. We could go with a curved reflection, or a
simple flat reflection. I will be creating a curved one with the Elliptical Marquee Tool, but you may
create a flat one with the Rectangular Marquee Tool if you wish.
Once youve selected your tool of choice, hold Alt + Shift and draw a selection through your layer.
Holding Alt and Shift will make your layers Intersect, meaning a selection will be left ONLY where
both selections overlap.
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both selections overlap.
Create a new layer to draw the reflection on.

Select the Gradient Tool from the toolbar, and select White as your foreground color. Select the
Foreground to Transparent gradient from the gradient picker in the options bar. Now, while
holding shift to create a straight gradient, drag from a bit below your selection towards the top of
your layer, and release to create a gradient.
You may choose to adjust the layer opacity in order to get the right kind of lighting intensity.
Otherwise, thats it for the Environment Reflection.
Glossy Reflection
Glossy Reflections are very prevalent in Text and Icon effects, but are also seen in many other
scenarios too, similar to the Environment Reflection.
The creation of a Glossy Reflection type is exactly the same as the Environment Reflection shown
above. The only difference is when you are drawing your gradient. Instead of dragging from bottom
to top with the Gradient Tool, drag from the top to the bottom. Afterwards, just adjust the layer
opacity of your reflection to alter the intensity.
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3D Fold
This is really more of a lighting effect than a reflection, but basically thats what a reflection is. A
Lighting Effect. You have probably seen something like this on a logo, or website layout before.
To achieve the effect, select your objects layer just as you did with the previous two reflections (Ctrl
+ Click Layer Thumbnail).
Using the Rectangular Marquee Tool, intersect that selection so that you have a straight edge
(Remember, to intersect a selection, hold Alt + Shift while drawing one selection over another ).
Create a new layer.

Now, select a large, soft Brush (200px, 0% Hardness) from your toolbar. Using Black as your
foreground color, use just the edge of the brush to fill it a bit of the selection youve made.
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Duplicate this layer, and move the duplicated duplicated layer just below the original with the
Move Tool.
Finally, create a new selection that instead overs the top half of your layer, and this time, brush it with
a white foreground instead of a black one. The end result should have a 3 -Dimensional feel to it!
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The Flare
The flare is self-explanatory. Its basically a imitation of a collection of light that produces a bright
spot on an edge or surface.
To create a flare, we will be using the Dodge Tool.
Begin by grabbing the Dodge Tool, and setting the Brush options to 50px in Size, 0% in Hardness,
and 50% in exposure (exposure settings may need to be modified depending on brightness of
surface). Set the Range to Highlights.
When working with lighting effects, its usually a good idea to try and visualize where the light
will be coming from. In our example here, well have the light come from the top left of the
canvas.
Begin gently brushing around the edges where the light will be hitting strongest. Just use the edge
of your brush, and lighting go back and forth over these edges.
Reduce your brush size to something significantly smaller, perhaps around 10px. Continue to gently
brush these edges until you really create a thin bright edge. Zooming In and Out (Ctrl + +, or Ctrl +
-) may assist you here.
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-) may assist you here.
Finally, using your Brush Tool, and a small, soft brush, Create a new Layer, a make some soft Flare
Marks. Adjust the Opacity of this layer as needed. Thats it!
And there you have it, 5 different flares added to your arsenal for excellent design. Good Luck, and
have fun!
Tags: 3d effects, interface design techniques, lighting effects, reflections
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1. Bjorn Seigers (0 Points) March 21, 2011 at 8:53 am
Great tutorial. I tried them all and it went good!
Nice effects!
Thanks a lot for sharing! :)
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2. Anjali (0 Points) December 15, 2010 at 9:39 pm
All effects are awesome. I enjoyed doing this tutorial
Thank you.
3. mauricio (0 Points) December 6, 2010 at 11:14 pm
hello, I am trying the dodge tool for the flares and it does make white the black outline of the cloud
but nothing happens with the blue part of the cloud help :*(
4. Evik James (0 Points) November 17, 2010 at 10:29 pm
Thanks for the awesome and accurate tutorial. It was crystal clear and easy to follow. Thanks so
much!
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5. Nappies (-1 Points) November 8, 2010 at 6:08 pm
thank you David, please keep creating nice tutorial.
6. nok (-1 Points) October 28, 2010 at 3:14 am
vist for basic training of photoshop
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7. Chris (-3 Points) October 22, 2010 at 5:58 pm
Very Vague on how to make it fade out.
8. Nosa (-1 Points) July 19, 2010 at 7:59 pm
You are simply the best.
9. Lol At Ur Mom Zir (0 Points) June 19, 2010 at 2:24 pm
Lol at ur mom Zir
U OWN
10. Tourism Courses (-1 Points) May 3, 2010 at 3:19 am
I am a corporate trainer, currently working on an online travel process, I visited your blog, its really
nice and I got lot of knowledge from it. I want to say thanks
11. bristol web design and online marketing (0 Points) April 19, 2010 at 7:04 am
Great article, thank you I will use this technique again and again!
12. milad (-1 Points) April 1, 2010 at 11:32 am
tanx i want it really
13. Vinod (-1 Points) February 20, 2010 at 1:38 pm
i am a beginner and its a Great one.. thanks..
14. (-1 Points) February 3, 2010 at 12:33 am
great tutorial . Thanks526
15. (-2 Points) February 2, 2010 at 1:48 am
16. (1 Point) February 1, 2010 at 3:05 am
17. Rich (-3 Points) January 19, 2010 at 2:47 pm
What about reflections of objects that cant be just flipped and flopped? Like a chair at an angle on a
shinny floor? How can I achieve a mirror reflection of an asymmetrical shape?
18. Boris (-1 Points) October 6, 2009 at 1:27 pm
! (nice!)
19. Mikky (-2 Points) October 1, 2009 at 6:56 am
Great post. Really pro. Improved our school site no end : )
20. strony (-1 Points) September 18, 2009 at 5:56 pm
Very nice pack :P thanx.
21. babaonia (-1 Points) August 26, 2009 at 1:17 am
nice turtorail
22. herzevekil (-1 Points) August 22, 2009 at 4:19 am
thanks David Leggett, your works are so good. I follow you:)
23. martin (-1 Points) August 10, 2009 at 9:42 am
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23. martin (-1 Points) August 10, 2009 at 9:42 am
how do you do that dark background?
awesome tut,
thanks
24. B.Kim (-1 Points) July 26, 2009 at 9:51 pm
Thanks you for this great tutorials!! I can do it now!!
25. Raju (-1 Points) July 13, 2009 at 2:38 am
Simply awesome :)
26. RERE (-1 Points) July 12, 2009 at 1:28 pm
THNX ALOT ..AMAZING WORKS
27. Sakis (-1 Points) June 19, 2009 at 11:17 am
Thank you for this excellent article.
28. huwaw69 (-1 Points) May 8, 2009 at 2:58 am
this is what i have been looking for, im really looking on how to make reflection types, and how to
apply it to
29. Farzin (-1 Points) April 10, 2009 at 8:49 pm
I really should say, you are God of graphic.
30. Stelios (-1 Points) April 5, 2009 at 4:33 am
Thank you very much for this post!!!
31. Jesse Skeens (-1 Points) March 31, 2009 at 5:06 pm
Great stuff, especially the flare, that gives me a lot of ideas now.
32. Tim (-1 Points) March 26, 2009 at 6:16 am
Rellay like the additional flares on the end article, I have always just done the lower reflection and
never thought about extending the idea further like you have, excellent.
Tim
33. Jong (-1 Points) February 17, 2009 at 12:48 am
You are amazing Dave.
34. Ben (-3 Points) February 5, 2009 at 12:41 pm
Great tutorials, been doing them all day but just one question regarding the flare technique; how do
achieve it without any visible lines of the overlapping dodge marks? I can get it looking okay but
nowhere near as smooth as your examples!
Thanks!
David Leggett (-1 Points) February 5, 2009 at 1:37 pm
Try these two things:
1. Make sure that youre hardness is set to 0%
2. Set your Exposure for the Dodge tool down to 5%-20%. This will make it less strong when you use
it.
Thanks Ben, hope that helps!
35. myWORLDisUNKNOWN (-1 Points) November 24, 2008 at 8:16 pm
thats really cool! thanks
36. Silk (-1 Points) November 17, 2008 at 4:57 am
OMG, awesome, thanks thanks thanks!
37. Sang (-1 Points) October 18, 2008 at 7:15 am
I effing love you! Your TUTORIALS ARE SOOOOOOOOOOO GOOOD.
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I effing love you! Your TUTORIALS ARE SOOOOOOOOOOO GOOOD.
effing thanks so much man. youre awesome, keep up the great work.
38. JonnyMoon (-3 Points) September 26, 2008 at 6:26 pm
I found a great example for 3d fold. If you look at the windows xp media center version. The start
menu button has the 3d fold effect. Well at least it looks like it.
39. Jackie (-1 Points) September 17, 2008 at 9:30 am
Thanks for this tute. And yes it IS easier using a gradient mask :-)
40. frettbottx (-1 Points) September 12, 2008 at 3:44 pm
thanx for the tut! nice one! :like:
41. @PeAcE (-1 Points) June 20, 2008 at 9:52 am
Very Cool Tutorial..simple yet effective!! thanks
42. Tutorial What (0 Points) June 8, 2008 at 7:59 am
Great site! Amazing Retro Rainbow Curves is excellent!
43. Danl (-1 Points) June 3, 2008 at 2:59 pm
I love The Flare technique! The tutorial was really helpful and Im sure Ill use it in the future! Keep
up the good work.
44. Chad (-1 Points) June 1, 2008 at 12:44 am
Another great tutorial here. I would like to see the surface reflection done with gradient mask
though, if possible.
Thanks.
45. Steven (-1 Points) May 17, 2008 at 2:08 pm
holy shiznit, i love these tuts. and i WILL subscribe, because the tutorials are incredibly helpful and i
keep on asking for more! lol ty David
46. Andrew (-2 Points) May 10, 2008 at 2:48 am
hey, nice tutorial.
never seen flare or 3d fold,
but im sure going to give them a try =D
thankyou.
47. Dan (-1 Points) May 8, 2008 at 12:03 am
Nice touch with the glare on #5. Very effective techniques.
48. Patrick (-1 Points) May 7, 2008 at 11:04 am
Fantastic tutorial!
49. Ben (-1 Points) May 7, 2008 at 10:51 am
Nice stuff really useful!
50. Albert (-1 Points) May 6, 2008 at 5:19 pm
Nice job! Well written tutorial.
51. Remco (-1 Points) May 5, 2008 at 9:46 am
Thanks, learned a lof from this!
52. James (-1 Points) May 3, 2008 at 9:02 pm
This is exactly what Ive been looking for. Too many places concentrate on building specific
templates and not giving tuts on the process of certain things. Great work!
53. lasop (-1 Points) May 2, 2008 at 2:36 am
pretty cool mate!
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54. David Leggett (-1 Points) May 1, 2008 at 4:13 pm
Youre all very welcome, and yes Gustavo, were going to keep posting more and more tutorials, so
be sure youre subscribed to our tutorial feed ;)
55. Mathieu Hachey (-1 Points) May 1, 2008 at 2:44 pm
Really useful, thank you for sharing
56. petnos (-1 Points) April 28, 2008 at 5:30 pm
useful article thanks.
57. Gustavo (-1 Points) April 26, 2008 at 7:04 pm
Nice tutorial:D I congratulate you..eh eh, please, keep posting more.:D
58. David Leggett (-1 Points) April 25, 2008 at 10:19 am
No problem NhatHM! Glad you found it so useful =)
59. NhatHM (-1 Points) April 25, 2008 at 5:46 am
That was awesome man! Really thank you for this! That helps me much.
Thanks Jamie & Chris =) Glad you found us!
Thats a really good suggestion Jamie, thanks for sharing mate!
61. Chris Laskey (-1 Points) April 22, 2008 at 10:41 am
A great overview of all the reflection options. Glad I found it via design float. Keep up the good work.
Cheers,
62. Jamie Souef (-1 Points) April 21, 2008 at 7:57 pm
Good post,
With the first one, i would suggest using a gradient mask rather then the eraser tool then if you
have made a mistake with the position of the refelction, you can just move the gradient rather then
do the whole process over again :)
Im sorry randallarthur, Im not sure what youre quoting there =/
64. randallarthur (-1 Points) April 19, 2008 at 12:18 am
saying this is web 2.0 is like saying that Bruchart was modern artmore a TREATMENT than a
movement
it gives novices a justified ticket to the showplease dont step on board until youve purchased your
ticket
65. tayzar (-1 Points) March 24, 2008 at 8:47 am
Wow, Great tutorial. Thanks
66. Steve Mathis (-1 Points) January 1, 2008 at 7:54 pm
Heh I always overuse surface reflections. I should try using some of these others more often.
67. TooCooL (-1 Points) January 1, 2008 at 9:32 am
cool prefer this technique applied on my banner, thanks a lot!!
68. Ali (-1 Points) December 31, 2007 at 6:21 pm
thanks, this has really helped with my projects.
thanks muchly
69. CrossFire (-1 Points) December 29, 2007 at 12:17 pm
some i havnt seen before, might try them
70. batTUrd (-1 Points) December 29, 2007 at 12:04 am
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70. batTUrd (-1 Points) December 29, 2007 at 12:04 am
Awesome! This will be very useful to me in the near future.
Thanks!
71. JhayPH (-1 Points) December 12, 2007 at 6:56 am
Cool!
72. Mikeleus (-1 Points) December 10, 2007 at 11:25 am
Hi David, I would reallu like to see the Flood examples
I like how Flare looks!
73. David Leggett (0 Points) December 9, 2007 at 3:11 pm
Thanks cruddpuppet and Brian. Im glad yall enjoyed it!
I was looking hard last night for a really good example of the 3D Fold in use, but I couldnt find it
(hate it when that happens). Its a great effect for menu bars and icons though ;)
74. Brian (-1 Points) December 9, 2007 at 3:03 pm
awsome tut.
75. cruddpuppet (-2 Points) December 9, 2007 at 2:48 pm
Ive never seen the flare or 3-d fold, but Ill be sure to give them a try.
Nice post.
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Posted by David Leggett in Photoshop Tutorials on December 07th, 2007

The Surface Reflection

Create a new layer to draw the reflection on.

Create a new layer.

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