Guyz any body please help me out.....i want to learn how to create reflections under an image....

Hi Vaisakh R and Welcome to Crystal XP

There are actually two types of reflections.One that reflects a part of the whole image (usually the rear part) and the other refers to the Crystal reflection which is termed as Gloss.

Link 1 (refers to the second type of reflection as described above)

Link 2 (refers to the second type of reflection as described above)

PS: Topic to be moved

Please ask your questions in the Graphic Novice section instead of the Tutorial section.

Thank you.

Topic moved.

I hope you found your way by following tutorial links by ASHAR.

If you are familiar with photoshop then you can also follow

1. Make a copy of the layer you want the reflection for, name it reflection
2. Rotate it vertically
3. Put a mask over reflection
4. choose black to white gradient and apply that gradient over the mask of relection
5. lower the opacity as you like.
6. done

That is a good tutorial, nagaya. However, (no offense), it is only good for people who know how to make reflections already. So I will edit your tutorial and add screenshots.

1. Holding down the "alt" key on your keyboard, drag the layer in photoshop you want to make a reflection one down (put it under the aforesaid layer )
2. Click the "Layer mask" icon at the bottom of the layer screen. Screenshot:
3. Click on the duplicated layer and do Edit-> Transform-> Vertical Flip. Select he Move tool in the top-right corner of the toolbar. Move the the flipped object down so the two objects are almost touching.
4. Then, click the gradient tool (on the toolbar on the left). It looks like a square with a fill starting from white and ending at black. If it is not there, but you see a paint bucket pouring paint out, Hold your mouse button on that (a liittle menu will pop up), and select the gradient tool.
5a. Click the two little arrows above your color picker.
5b. Drag your mouse from A to B. Screenshot:

Done!

Nice explanations Nagaya and SimonXP , I think Vaisakh R has got everything right here .

thanks for the help SimonXP. your explanations are very clear and easy to understand.  

Hey, what do you exactly mean by two arrows above the color picker? I have PS CS3, so my toolbar looks different. Here's the screenshot:

Your color picker is the third button from the bottom. The two arrows are near the top-right of it. Also, you can give it a CS2 look by   click the ">>" above the toolbar

I know how to get normal toolbar, but I like this one - it's neat

[EDIT] Can you circle the tool you were thinking on (those arrows)?

Oh well, you could've used it then to find the answer yourself then, right?  

Edit:

Thanks. Question: Why do I need a layer mask?

you need a mask, so that the gradient is not applied directly on the reflected image.

I only flip the layer, lower the opacity and that's it But when I use masks, it doesn't look very well Perhaps I'm doing something wrong

When you use masks you get an effect like the tinytux in my signature ( I haven't gotten around to doing it for the windows flag). The opacity fades gradually instead of the whole image. Remember to activate the layer mask (click on it, you should see an outline around it) before appying a gradient