For the iWeb reflection effect, you want to leave a 1-2 pixel gap between the photos, like so: Press and hold the Shift key while dragging the reflection layer to the bottom of your document, so that the ends of the two photo layers *almost* meet. This flips the reflection layer upside down. Choose Flip Vertical and press Return to accept the transform. Control click (PC: Right click) within the transform box and a contextual menu will appear. Step 4: While the reflection layer is still selected (it’ll appear light blue in the Layers Palette), press Command + T (PC: Ctrl + T) to invoke Free Transform. Press C to select the Crop tool, draw a box around the image, and drag the bottom handle out a ways as shown below. Step 3: We need some room for our reflection so let’s increase the canvas size. This is what my Layers Palette looks like now: Step 2: Double click the Background layer so that it becomes editable, and name it “reflection”. This is a handy keyboard shortcut to have in one’s bag-o-tricks. If you do have a selection, Command + J pops just that portion up onto its own layer. TIP: If you have nothing selected (no marching ants) Command + J duplicates the entire layer.

Step 1: Pop open a Soon To Be Beautifully Reflected Photo, and immediately duplicate the Background layer by pressing Command + J (PC: Ctrl + J). And just to prove that iStockphoto really does have the perfect image for any project, (beams with pride) look what I found: With that in mind, I took a journey to and searched on the keyword combination: dragon fantasy. Those of you who’ve been listening to my graphics tip on Your Mac Life show know that I’m slightly enamored with dragons at the moment (I’m halfway through Eldest by Christopher Paolini). Today I will show you how to create a reflection of your very own in Photoshop, and we’ll do it in a manner that retains maximum flexibility within our document so you can plop your photo onto any color background you want. Adding such a reflection is a super easy way to add depth and a bit of sophistication to your photographs. With Apple’s release of iWeb - an amazing web site building tool - I’ve been getting a steady stream of emails wanting to know how to recreate the nifty photo reflection effect which appears at the top of iWeb pages and in the slide shows (here’s a sample). Recreating Apple’s iWeb photo reflection effect

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