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Reflections in Photoshop?

Postby seat183 on Mon Feb 08, 2010 10:16 am

Hey guys good to be here my name is Joe. I recreate aircraft for Flight Simulator ( Textures) However would like to recreate reflections on aircraft for textures.

Here is a guys work ( NOT MINE)

Can you see the reflections lines on the aircraft tail.

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Does anyone know any techniques how I can recreate that. I have tried stroking white lines and then blurring them but however it dont look anything like that.
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Re: Reflections in Photoshop?

Postby tricky500 on Mon Feb 08, 2010 12:46 pm

Make a backup copy of everything before you do this, but one thing you can do is use the dodge tool, with a soft brush on an opacity around 50% set to midtones. Click on the bottom of the tail, then go to the top of the tail and while holding shift, left click again. If it doesn't look right try changing the opacity of the brush up or down..
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Re: Reflections in Photoshop?

Postby iDad on Mon Feb 08, 2010 1:33 pm

It looks to me as though he just outlined a rough shape on the tail, of the tail wing inversed a few pix,then inversed again and applied a blur with a white /grayish layer(new layer) adjusted opacity hen applied?………just an idea.
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Re: Reflections in Photoshop?

Postby jerryb on Mon Feb 08, 2010 3:29 pm

hi,
my reply is very similar..idad and tricky gave excellen ideas...

but first.. i don't call those reflections. more so than to me shadows.. to me
reflections and shadows are 2 different things...

also your shadows, i would put the shadows on blank layers above your duplicate image .. makes things easier if you reneed to do them..

besides the 2 suggestions that been made.. another way...

with the lasso tool or psp eqilivent , set for about 1 or 2 pix feather...

and either use the burn tool or even do a curve adjust ment to to darken the area
that will work.... but pay atten of the angle of the sun,
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Re: Reflections in Photoshop?

Postby iDad on Mon Feb 08, 2010 5:44 pm

As usual jerry, good point
So many ways to do the same thing.
Best advise is practice, ask questions and most of all experiment with your tool settings,modes etc.(your PS tools silly, stop that) LOL
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