July, 2008
In this tutorial we will show you how to make a mirror effect in Photoshop CS3.
Open the photo you need to apply the effect to:
After that, make a new layer and go to: "Image/Apply Image":
The "Apply Image" window will pop up.
Select the following settings:
After that, apply a black to white gradient:
Then, set the Opacity to: 40
After doing so, go to: "Image/Adjustments/Color Balance" and add a lot of blue and green.
Then you must duplicate the Layer:
After that, go to: "Edit/Transform/Flip Horizontal":
This is how it looks so far:
Then, go to: "Filter/Blur/Gaussian Blur" and choose: 5.
After that, paint the background of the image with a green brush:
Then, select the background with the selection tool:
Now, we will apply a Gaussian Blur:
Look how it looks now:
After that, open the next image (which is included in the zip file):
Again, select the background and delete it:
After that, go to the horizontal layer and give a ripple touch:
Isn't this sexy?
You can do it. =)
Download the original source files from this tutorial in Zip format Here
Copyright (c) 2008, Beatriz Mariniello, All Rights Reserved
