Create a Realistic Reflection in Photoshop

[@BintyMcFrazzles]

I've been using displacement maps for years, but they never looked quite right. And the absolute simplicity of adding the white background and having it as a smart object is such a great idea! It works so well! Thanks.

[@FranciszekFuterski]

Finally some more advanced tutorial. Thanks! I would love to see more of those

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[@tziporahlitman5456]

My english is not so good, but you explain everything so simple, so even my english is good enough to understand it. Thank you sooo much for your videos!

[@razkeren2787]

Great idea! You could also create just a solid color (blue) and clip it to the reflection layer, instead of the blue layer above and white layer under.

[@ValdairLeonardo]

Very cool! Displacement has always been a challenge for me, thanks for the explanation!

[@farkastorki1]

I love your brilliant work

[@chilecayenne]

Another great tutorial!! This helped a great deal with understanding displacement maps. Glad to find that trick out for images with transparent backgrounds!!!!

[@richardstalter5461]

Another great tutorial Aaron. Thank you.

[@quandomenguyen1129]

Master Skill !

[@BornaAmin]

He's LITERALLY a Photoshop GOD!!

[@annaconsta]

I missed this kind of tutorial!

[@Noealz]

Since I shoot lots of rainy night pics and videos, this is great : )

[@ervinjosephify]

Great Vid!

[@CivilizedMenKilledMe]

Valeu! Ótimo truque com distorção.

[@niteshdhar6838]

great work phlearn thank you so much

[@LastRoze]

Ahhhhh good technique, thanks Aaron !

[@andrewgrabham4666]

Another well presented well explained bright tutorial. Thanks

[@manmeetjammu]

The reflection is continuous. But look the original reflection is broken in original with back of ripple white and front of ripple more dense. So your reflection looks off in resp to original !!

[@theodorosanastasiou6869]

Great video. But I think you should do blend if in the reflection to remove it from highlights like the mountains in the background.

[@wendyarthur3941]

Great tutorial as always. One question, why is the reflection now on a bit of an angle instead of being straight up and down? Can that be fixed?

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@Krew Anakin No problem xD

[@AutismPhotoshop]

genius

[@jonl0711]

really cool, will have to do this on some of my image

[@cyberwasp461]

Great tutorial.. Would you get even better result by turning your displacement map layer to B/W before saving it?

[@dunnymonster]

Get down from that Lake young man! 😁😋

[@molemontagnard435]

Very nice !!!

[@plemas]

Thank you once again for another great tutorial. One question if I may. When you put in a positive horizontal number the reflection shifts to the right. A negative number shifts it to the left, the bigger the number the larger the shift. Is there a way to keep it central? I tried applying the filter twice, one positive and one negative but that just got a bit messy.

[@googlecathyking8876]

Wow amazing thank you

[@linhphan5271]

i have a question, what is the difference between stretch to fit and tile? thanks you

[@bijiprathap5500]

Veryyyyyyyy thankssss

[@loriendavy3248]

Question, Aaron: I did not quite understand why you needed to put the white background temporarily behind the reflection. How did that help to align the displacement with the ripples? Thank you for another very helpful tutorial!

[@dantheman2907]

Without using the solid color layer to fill out the image to the canvas size, it seems the displacement map scales or moves to fit the bounds of the cut out image (making the displacement map smaller), instead of displacing the image as if its bounding box filled the canvas.

[@loriendavy3248]

Thank you so much, Elephant, for taking the time to reply to my question -- I appreciate your cogent explanation!

[@BrianMorrisPhoto]

Do it with perspective and separated feet in walking motion.

[@imagesbyjk]

If you take the solid color layer to a zero opacity would it still work and eliminate the need to go back and hide it?

[@avernass]

HI, Love your work

[@Von_McKnelly]

Shazam! Crazy cool....thanks for the info Aaron. Heading out to the lake to find a big rock to toss in.

[@xayhegde]

Luv u dude

[@LG141602]

What hardware are you using for the pen? Can you recommend one?

[@buraksavas2722]

exactly I don't understand that why we use to white layer mask

[@imthink9646]

gooooooddddddd

[@emrahy.849]

wow thnx

[@adolfousiermarketstars6765]

📸

[@gusjaka]

Maybe you just need to match the contrast more.. but overall it's a cool tutorial

[@akashadearg-due1435]

Great

[@mehmetbengi]

Thank Aaron Nace

[@meagankyle988]

Omg Im probably late to the game and this is unrelated to the video but I just updated ps cc and now I have no idea where spot healing or patch tools are. Help?!?!?

[@artudios4816]

Thank you Aaron Nace, always brilliant ❤ #artudios_photoshop_tutorials

[@ahmedberol]

Can i get this intro i love it so much ???

[@jimbobaroobud]

15:32 Who are you talking to?

[@iratewatcher]

The person isn't matching the picture (contrast, light and shadow)

[@FranciszekFuterski]

This tutorial is about creating a reflection. Matching light levels, hue and saturation of the subject would have taken another 10-15 minutes. Besides, PHLEARN has a lot of tutorials about compositing already.

[@ZliBokser]

Dude what's that around your neck?

[@sedricacevedo4554]

the time stone duh

[@afrosymphony8207]

this didnt have to be a 16minute video honestly

[@emiliorios8799]

wow this could have been 5 minute tutorial lol

[@daviddelriov]

omg, what a bad and long tutorial