How to Create Water Reflection in Photo with Photoshop

Water Reflection in Photo

Water reflections are a cool consequence that can be added effortlessly to any portrait

We need a background scene if you are responsibility land and water and try to find one that will look better-quality reflection

Here is the reflection photo we will create by this tutorial 

Make a clone of the background image and flip it upside down by the original photo and add some extraordinary effects to give it a natural reflection

Here we are starting our tutorial for applying a water reflection-

Step 1: Open in the Photoshop want to apply water reflection

Step 2: Unlock the background and remove it “photo”

Step 3: Make the duplicate of the layer to create “reflection” layer

Step 4: Convert reflection layer into smart object

Step 5: Add more canvas space below the smart object layer

Step 6: Drag image on the new canvas portion on the down below

Step 7: Select the image and flip the image vertically

Step 8: Drag the reflect layer below under the “photo” layer

Step 9: Select reflect layer and go to filter > blur > motion blur

Step 10: Box will appear and set the angle and distance particulary 90 and 20 pixels

Step 11: Go to adjustment layer with solid color fill layer

Step 12: Choose solid color from top of the list 

Step 13: Drag fill layer under the “reflection layer “

Step 14: Select the smart filter mask thumbnail and select gradient tool

Step 15: Choose black and white gradient

Step 16: Active linear gradient style for gradient style

Step 17: Drawn vertical gradient across the water reflection

Step 18: Add a layer mask to reflect layer by selecting reflection layer and click on the “add layer mask “on the below layer panel

Step 19: Layer mask shows gradient as the same as the smart filters

Step 20: Low the density level of properties to make the blue fade away so that water look more natural

Step 21: Make “reflection” and “fill layer” into a smart object

Step 22: Create a new same size document; go to select > all; then Edit > copy

Step 23: File > new > draw new document which automatically generated after copy

Step 24: Go to filter > noise > add noise

Step 25: set noise amount 400%

Step 26: Go to Gaussian blur > choose radius 2.0 pixels

Step 27: Swatch from layer panel to channel panel

Step 28: Click on the red panel to select it

Step 29: Go to filter > stylize > emboss

Step 30: IN the emboss dialogue box set angle 90 degree , height 1 pixel , amount 500% , click ok

Step 31: Selecting the green channel & same way choose angle 180 degree of emboss & click ok

Step 32: Swatch the RGB channel and then go to layers

Step 33: Unlock the background layer

Step 34: Zooming out the document before resizing it

Step 35: Go to edit > transform > perspective

Step 36: Go to select > all

Step 37: Going to image > crop; select > deselect

Step 38: Going to edit > free transform & drag the top transform handle into the center

Step 39: Going file > save as > displacement map-psd ; format > Photoshop

Step 40: Going to filter > distort > distance

Step 41: Select horizontal scale > 10, vertical -80

Step 42: Choose displacement map and click open

Step 43: Photoshop applies displacement map to the water reflection

Step 44: Now we can see the short line is visible which doesn’t

Step 45: Go to edit > fill > black

Step 46: Go to filter > blur > Gaussian blur; choose radius 40.2 pixels

Step 47: Now I think it looks natural with water reflection effect

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