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In This quick tip we show you how to make a quick text reflection with the transform tool and some feathering. Leave a comment and let me know what you think!
Now select the around the edge of the Ocean Ripple Effect and use Filter --> Blur --> Surface Blur with these settings:
3) Now you can apply the layer mask on to it to make it look like a reflection. You can also apply the same effect for the shadow by repeating steps 1 through 8. You should have something like this after rasterizing the text reflection layer, and creating a shadow layer just like I did above. Note: You might have to play with the shadow a bit so that you get a desirable result. Here's how I did it
3. Create a new layer, on this layer use the eliptical marquee tool to draw a circle over your text as pictured. Use the 'Paint Bucket Tool' to fill this ellipse with the same color as your background - in my example white (#ffffff).
3. Type your text using the "Horizontal Type Tool" and type your text. We are using the (Futura Lt BT) text, a text size of "48" pixels and "Sharp" anti-aliasing.
Hit OK button and you're finished with your web 2.0 text. Our next step is to add reflection to this text. 7. Copy your text layer. Go to Edit -> Transform -> Flip Vertical. You should have something like this now.
In this Photoshop text effects tutorial, we're going to create a simple text reflection effect. This effect has been used everywhere in advertising, and as we'll see, it's very easy to do.
This tutorial explains how to create text reflection effect (like the one below) using Adobe Photoshop CS3. Watch it in the new window (1024px/676px)