Photoshop Tutorial: How to Create Water Reflections from Scratch

[@alfredviale3101]

This is the best photography tutorial I have ever seen on KZbin and my count is upwards of 3150 videos. Your explanation and the graphic display of the whole process is simple as it should be, but at the same time you are light years ahead of any other KZbin photography broadcaster out there, and I do follow ALL of the very best. I just discovered your channel with this video, this is the first I’ve seen, but will surely follow you along from now onwards. Thank you and my sincere admiration for your craft.

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Thank you so much for letting me know! I really appreciate it! 🙏

[@alfredviale3101]

I just watched couple other of your videos and I can see you are a real educator. Your use of visual aids is exactly as it should be, clearly showing step by step what needs to be done, and your language is precise to the last preposition or article. No words are waisted. Your script is designed to TEACH, and not to INFORM. Most KZbinrs are excellent photographers or expert software users but they tend to add too much info to their podcasts, which inevitably makes it very difficult, and for a few rather imposible, to follow. Your training sessions are of the highest value and well deserving of positive reviews. Well done!

[@tontondesiles588]

Great tutorial as usual. Thank you.

[@jeffreycohen7652]

Thanks....Big thumbs up easy to follow.

[@mariaesterriveros6997]

una belleza de la creacion de DioS 😄

[@narayantx]

Thank you BL. This one worked out well for me.

[@dieg1530]

Andy you're the best. I'm from spain and i don't know so much english :S but i see your videos and i understand it a lot :D

[@mariaesterriveros6997]

lPRECIOSISIMO .MARAVILLA!!

[@kordianbrejna792]

His name is Marty..

[@Spooky_TwiggFN]

Marty u da man! Thank you for the wonderful tutorial sir.

[@wolfsingleton]

Great tutorial. I have to do a lot more waterscaping than I care to think about and this isn't too far from my usual method. I do have some advice for sea water though. Being on the Atlantic coast, I do tend to slightly tint with a green-blue gradient and add some light noise before warping it for seascapes. Also, adding some small highlight spots to the wave edges really ups the realism if it's not overdone.

[@marissawho]

this is amazing you never fail thank you :)

[@pauld7522]

Great tutorial!

[@sworddancer3110]

Beautiful!!! what a job!!

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

+Sword Dancer Thanks, Sword Dancer! Please go to goo.gl/txr6ye and at the bottom, cast your vote.

[@jonasdasilvaferreira503]

Cara você é o melhor!! Translating: Guy U R the best!!

[@mladenp__]

Great tutorial, but I couldn't miss that half in water tree... :D I enjoy listening to you, thank you for learning us photoshop. :)

[@duongoc18]

thank u so much

[@mohammedelguerche4748]

Thank you very much ♥

[@RobertoBraicovick]

Come sempre... molto bello!

[@ishootinraw1]

Thanks. Great tutorial.

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

+Warren Lassabe Thanks, Warren ! Go to goo.gl/txr6ye and at the bottom, cast your vote. Thanks!

[@wavimollel6735]

Great Job

[@archer609]

Thanks for lesson! for example I want to draw the lake ,pond round or oval form . I dont need horizontal reflection

[@yamatoshunsui2170]

Awesome tutorial :)

[@BorisEnriquezGutierrez]

amazing !!

[@drsinghtastic]

Thanks Marty!

[@Elraymx]

you are the best teacher! i sish you could help me with a tutorial... i always tried to make a form (for example a guitar) with other forms! (musical notes) but everytime i tried the principal form lose it own form... how can we do it in Photoshop? i wish you could teach us!!!

[@elektropassgo]

Hey Marty, I've been Subscribed to you for a while, and I must say your tutorials are great. However, I'm a photographer who has taken HUNDREDS of photographs of water reflections, at variable shutter speeds as well as several different distances from the water's edge. Immediately upon looking at the end result of this photo as seen in the beginning of the video, I could tell it was fake... Everything about that reflection is dang-near perfect along the distance edge. Without even watching this tutorial I can tell you took time to create necessary masks to ensure that edge wasn't a complete straight line. However, never in my life have I ever seen a reflection that looks the way it does in that end result when it comes to the areas in the water that are closer to the camera... I'm sure some tweaking here and there in other Filter effects could help with that. Just some feedback from a long-time Subscriber!! Thanks for taking the time to read this comment.

[@Spillage66]

+Steven P The whole thing was far too complicated and lengthy for how it came about. You could make a better result from doing it by hand/eye after flipping the image.

[@johnconnelly3529]

amazing site..........

[@thodorissiorikis8791]

perfect!!!!!

[@runnerres9206]

Hi Marty, if my delete button is invalid, I suppose I can use paint drop to paint it black on the layer?

[@MrAlirazwan]

thank you

[@jenncm3524]

Is there anyway to adjust the angle of the shadow for the sun being in different spots?

[@shravnibansod7480]

i like

[@Graceful_Peaceful]

Thanks

[@naingminsoe2380]

thank

[@hvalmer]

tanks !!!

[@luizjimenez8706]

Can you do Future - EVOL cover? Maybe something else like it? Thanks for everything you do!

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

+Luiz Jimenez Thanks for your suggestion! I receive numerous requests everyday to do specific tutorials. I may eventually do some of them, but I can't promise I'll do any of them. I trust you understand. :-)

[@GlatHjerne]

Waaaaait you did go from 60k to 340k subscriber real quick 0_0

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

+Spluffer DK No, it took years.

[@GlatHjerne]

Blue Lightning TV last time i looked at your subs u were at like 60k.... :D

[@sheriffahmy444]

+Spluffer DK whatever how many , but he deserves that :)

[@GlatHjerne]

Sherif Fahmy thats true, even tho i dont got photoshop any more i'm watching some of his tutorials

[@RogerChang70]

Thanks a lot, Andy.

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

+Roger Chang You're welcome! ...I'm Marty :-)

[@RogerChang70]

I'm sorry, Marty.

[@RogerChang70]

Please accept my apologies.

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

+Roger Chang No problem! :-)

[@DOESICK]

The photo has a giant shutterstock in the middle!

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

+TheNoobGamer0407 The photos I use from Shutterstock are for demonstration purposes because they're high quality and high resolution. When photos are downloaded from Shutterstock without paying for them, they'll have watermarks.

[@DOESICK]

What I did is I used the spot healing tool or whatever to erase the watermark and its done....for free

[@akbarbasha2182]

I want more new wonders in ps

[@حسينرزوق-ي9ل]

gooood :-D

[@zainapbaraket1163]

where can i get that image?

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Whenever you want to find the files that I use in a tutorial, please go to its description, which is below the title of the video. Click "Show More" and scroll down. You will see all the info, as well as links to all the files that I use.

[@zainapbaraket1163]

also with invert i have a problem everytime i use covert smart i have problems i can't check invert or any one

[@jawarIG]

like

[@davidthapa7241]

Alt+ D wont get black

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

That is correct.

[@Toonix7]

Thank you very much!

[@erickroav]

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