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Post by hmca on Jan 5, 2017 14:48:09 GMT
Thanks, Simone. While I have created reflections before, I don't do it often enough to remember. That is a nice concise explanation that I have saved. However, the problem with the birds is that the water would reflect their undersides.....it's not a simple flip. I think it can be done....will do a search and see if I come up with anything.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2017 15:26:55 GMT
The other way of doing it is to create a black shadow, I did save a tutorial on my home laptop. Will see if I can find this tonight and if so I will share the link here later.
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Post by hmca on Jan 5, 2017 15:49:24 GMT
Here's an example of what I mean.....screen shot:  Did some searching but don't have any more time to spend with this. So easy to get distracted from what I really need to be doing!!!! |
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Post by Sepiana on Jan 5, 2017 16:00:23 GMT
However, the problem with the birds is that the water would reflect their undersides.....it's not a simple flip. Helen, try this. It should work.
1. Flip Layer Horizontal. 2. Rotate Layer 180°.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2017 16:03:24 GMT
Sepiana,
I don't think this will create what Helen is looking for. In order to have a realistic reflection she would need to have a shot of the underside of the bird in question, otherwise what you will get is just the bird flipped, which visually is not realistic to what you would normally see.
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Post by Sepiana on Jan 5, 2017 16:16:12 GMT
Sepiana, I don't think this will create what Helen is looking for. In order to have a realistic reflection she would need to have a shot of the underside of the bird in question, otherwise what you will get is just the bird flipped, which visually is not realistic to what you would normally see.
Simone, I took the liberty of downloading Helen's screen shot to test my suggestion. Flipping the layer horizontally and then rotating it 180° yielded this. The underside of the bird is up. Isn't this what Helen wanted? What do you think? (Sorry, it is a "crude" job. I was in a hurry.)
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2017 16:52:42 GMT
Hi Sepiana,
When you compare the two you will see that the underside of the bird in the original screen shot is what you would see for this bird species, while your flipping does not yield the same result, as you are just flipping the original photographed side of the bird without being able to show the correct underside of the bird in the reflection (hope this makes sense).
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Post by Tpgettys on Jan 5, 2017 17:31:05 GMT
Pretty clearly you would have to have a picture of the underside to do it. However, since the color in certain reflections is greatly attenuated taking the color out will be realistic. For water, I would think the most realistic reflection would use a displacement map so the ripples in the water are retained.
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Post by Sepiana on Jan 5, 2017 19:04:06 GMT
Hi Sepiana, When you compare the two you will see that the underside of the bird in the original screen shot is what you would see for this bird species, while your flipping does not yield the same result, as you are just flipping the original photographed side of the bird without being able to show the correct underside of the bird in the reflection (hope this makes sense). Simone, I see what you mean. Now it makes sense. Thanks! By George, she's got it! |
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Post by PeteB on Jan 5, 2017 19:08:17 GMT
Mike I am sorry to read about your loss. My thoughts and prayers are with you. On the image I decided to do an OOB ... and in the process, i found water splash brushes.  |
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Post by hmca on Jan 5, 2017 20:13:58 GMT
Sepiana.....for the purposes of this post that method, also suggested by Simone, probably would have been sufficient. I have a friend who created a realistic bird reflection using PS.....the next time I see her I'll try to remember to ask her how she did it.
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Post by Sepiana on Jan 5, 2017 21:44:57 GMT
However, since the color in certain reflections is greatly attenuated taking the color out will be realistic. For water, I would think the most realistic reflection would use a displacement map so the ripples in the water are retained.
I think that, instead of taking out the color, a more realistic effect may be achieved by reducing the Opacity, changing the blending mode, adding a Black-to-Transparent gradient, and maybe even doing some masking.
As to creating a very realistic water reflection, most of the tutorials seem to lean towards using a combination of filters such as Motion Blur, Noise, Gaussian Blur, Ripple, Glass. As a matter of fact, this was the technique described in the tutorial used for the Creative Effects Challenge No. 8 - Water Reflections. Similar technique is explained in the tutorials below.
How to Add Water Reflection Effect to Your Images in PhotoshopWater Reflection--Create Faux Reflections in Photoshop
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Post by kdcintx on Jan 6, 2017 2:25:38 GMT
PeteB - I almost jumped when I saw that shark. Great job! Continuation of the shark theme.  |
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Post by ritage on Jan 6, 2017 17:03:52 GMT
Sepiana .....for the purposes of this post that method, also suggested by Simone, probably would have been sufficient. I have a friend who created a realistic bird reflection using PS.....the next time I see her I'll try to remember to ask her how she did it. Helen, it sounds to me as if your friend must have used a 3DModel. One can buy these and also find some free ones. The PixelSquid Plug-in that Sepiana referred to recently demonstrates the use of such a model.
www.pixelsquid.com/plugin_demo
I once briefly experimented with them in CS5 under the 3D Menu, using free Models, which were not very impressive, but I didn't feel like spending a lot of money on them. So I really know very little about using them.
Rita
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Post by hmca on Jan 6, 2017 19:17:02 GMT
Thanks, Rita. I think I'm with you.....not something I'm interested in spending a lot of time with. Will be interested to see how my friend created her reflection. I will see her the end of the month.
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