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Text Reflection Effect In Photoshop

Final result.

Step 1: Create A New Photoshop Document

Create a new document by clickng File > New or by using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+N.

Suggested dimension for the new document.

Step 2: Fill The New Document With Black

To fill the document with black go up to Edit > Fill, the Fill dialog box will appear and set the
Content as Black then click OK.

Edit > Fill

The background of the document is now filled with black.

Step 3: Select The Type Tool

Step 4: Select A Font

With type tool selected, go to Option Bar and choose the font to use for the effect.

Step 5: Add Your Text.

Click anywhere inside the document and add any text. As for example we will use
pendekar. When done typing your word click the Checkmark on the Option Bar to
accept the text.

Step 6: Resize The Text If Needed With Free Transform

To resize the text go to Edit > Free Transform, or press the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+T. When done
resizing your text press Enter.

Step 7: Duplicate the text layer

Now we can begin creating the reflection effect. First copy the text by duplicate the te xt layer by
going up to the Layer > New > Layer via Copy or press the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+J. Noting will
seem to have happened in the document, but in Layer palette, we can see a copy of the layer sitting
directly above the original.

Step 8: Flip the text layer vertically

We need to flip the copied text layer upside down and to do that go up to Edit > Transform > Flip
Vertical.

Step 9: Drag The Copied Text Below The Original

Select the Move Tool from the Tools palette, or press T.

With the copied text layer still selected in the Layers palette, hold down Shift key then click inside
the document and drag the copied upside down text below the original text.

Step 10: Add A Layer Mask To The Flipped Text

At this point we need to do is to make the upside-down text fade from top to bottom into
transparency. For that well use a layer mask. Make sure the copied text layer is selected, then click
on the Layer Mask icon at the bottom of the Layers palette.

A layer mask preview thumbnail appears on the copied text layer in the Layers palette.

Step 11: Select The Gradient Tool

To make the text on this layer fade into transparency, we need to draw black-to-white gradient on
our layer mask. Select the Gradient Tool or press G.

Click on the gradient preview area in the Option Bar

Select the black to white gradient from the Gradient Editor.

Step 12: Draw A Vertical Gradient From Bottom To Top Along The Upside
Down Text
Now is to draw a vertical gradient along the upside down text. Make sure the layer mask is selected.
Click inside the document roughly of the way down towards the bottom of the upside down text.
Hold Shift key and drag to the point where the upside down text meet the original text.

The bottom text now fades into transparency after drawing the gradient on the layer mask.

The layer mask preview thumbnail shows the actual black to white gradient.

Step 13: Adjust The Opacity Of The Layer To Fine Tune The Effect
To make the text reflection to appear more faded, go to the Opacity and lower down to let say 50%.

The final text reflection effect.