Creating a Water Reflection with Photoshop
Well here it is… After years of people asking me for a decent water reflection tutorial. I have finally got my finger out and created one for your viewing pleasure. Its pretty in-depth, because I will be showing you how to create the ripples and also how to control the light. So pour a drink or get the popcorn in the microwave because it’s a good one. Enjoy!Ok, it may not be photorealistic but who cares it fun to do, it looks good and thats the main thing. One thing to note is the choice of image. Try pick a shot that has a defined edge at the bottom. If you are going to go for this mill pond look, you have got to have something with a little bit of horizon for you to have any chance of it looking semi-realistic.
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one of your best Stuart, a very comprehensive screencast Thanks very much. Look forward to when these are all downloadable!
Thanks Kelvin, yes this one is a biggie. Should mention though we are using a new player and HTTP Streaming so you can skip to any part of it without having to wait for it to fully load.
excellent tutorial Stu and I like the way you broke it up into easy segmaents. Look forward to the download too so i can stop start as I try it out. Still having PC probs. Not my cache, wondering now if its a graphics card problem
Thanks Sandy. Yes for big stuff like that I break up the tutorial and I think I may adopt this style again its a little easier on the duff take count!
Cameron House has never looked so good! lol !!
That tutorial is 17 minutes of pure magic! Well done, Stuart.
And thanks.
Thank You Catherine, I get the impression you really enjoyed that tutorial and yes Cameron House is looking pretty good. It was good fun going up the loch that day.
Hi,
Always used Displacement Map in the past to achieve this effect but I have to admit that this technique produces a far superior effect.
You have much more control and if you are not satisfied with the result it can be tweaked until you are happy.
Fully recommend this process.
Regards David
It would probably work with either to be honest.