Comments on Be Creative # 25

[lisabee]

Please post your comments and any questions here.

We love to hear your comments. :)

Images are here (http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36920).

[lisabee]

Tony,

that looks fantastic, and it works without the 'heavy' black edge. Looks a lovely place too. :)

I tried a colour image last night and wasn't so happy with the result based on whether it could realistically be a reflection, as there was no link with water in the image, but I guess it could be say a reflection on glass, so I will try again during the week.

Lisa

[kim2900]

These are really great images and I love this technique. But since "funny" always appeals to me, I have to mention Bill's photo! That is great! Who would have thought the New Mexico desert would also be subject to flood??? Yikes! This global warming is really doing some odd things to our environment..... :D

[billz]

Kim -

Thanks for not making fun of the rental car.:rolleyes:

Bill

[kim2900]

Bill, that would have been too easy! But since you did mention it....... :twisted:

[Fish]

wlc,

That is too funny. Well Done!

-Fish

[wlc]

Thanks Fish . . . I usually lean towards an attempt at amusing.:)

[lisabee]

Hi Panos,

Thanks for passing by :), it's great to see you and thanks for the wonderful tutorial - and other goodies on your site.

As for your image, it is stunning.

Thanks again,
Lisa

[lisabee]

Toni - looks great!

Bill - hope Linda was able to get a shot of that 'flood' for the 366 puddle theme only she'd been saying there's no rain. :D

Larry - stunning, I'm a fan of the rich colours you use!

Clara - a pretty bloom.

Martha - both of those look lovely. The ripple is a little bit hard to see the strength until you click ok and go back to full size.

Joe - both are absolutely stunning. I can't really choose a favourite, but on the B&W I like very much the 'clutter' in front of the house/barn, it really adds to the image for me. :)

Digitaldreamer - that is beautiful, and welcome to Be Creative.

wlc - say cheese! Great! and the tree is beautiful.

Tammy - a very pretty view.

Fish - beautiful, it's like Joe said, if you didn't know what we were doing, they could be real!

Pete - that looks great, the reds,oranges and yellows of the rowers really grab your eye.

Thanks everyone for such wonderful images and a big thanks to Panos for the tut,

Lisa

[lisabee]

Wow, more great images to wake up to :)

Johnny - lovely result and good to have you join us, do visit us regularly, I think you'll enjoy it.

Kim - very tranquil, and just the message I needed to read when I saw it yesterday evening, and I love your grungy border, a very nice touch.

Cfair - welcome to Be Creative, a lovely scene. To minimise the effect of the line, try selecting that area (rectangular marquee or lasso tool) and then applying a slight gaussian blur to soften it a little. (I haven't tried this myself, but I would think it might do the trick).

Julie - that is creepy. I think I'd have bad dreams if I went to an museum and saw that! Makes a good reflection subject.

Suzanne - a very pretty flower. As it is darker in the middle than at the bottom, I think the gradient may have been the opposite way, you want the lower part of the image to be darker.

Lisa :)

[Panos]

Hi Panos,

Thanks for passing by :), it's great to see you and thanks for the wonderful tutorial - and other goodies on your site.

As for your image, it is stunning.

Thanks again,
Lisa

Thank you so much Lisa!
The images posted on the thread you started show how creative the members of the PSE community are. Many of the images look tremendously realistic indeed! Bravo to everyone.

My tutorial shows the basic technique that allows us to create a reflection of the whole image. This is very useful in a number of cases.
With the image I uploaded I wanted to show a 'next step' in this technique. You can duplicate the original image, crop a certain area, create the reflection and then move the result back to the original photo. With a little help of masking or erasing pixels of the reflection layer, users can create interesting effects, such as the reflection on the (digitally) wet road in my example and many more.

Best regards
Panos Efstathiadis

[lisabee]

Hi Cybersmudger,

lovely image and reflection of the church.

You wrote:
"PS: I'm afraid I didn't understand the instructions how to use Grant's tools. So I put a layer graduated from a white top to a black bottom in between the photo and its reflection and set its blend mode to multiply. It looks like I have used Grant's tools."

As usual there are always several ways to get there in Photoshop or PSE :). The reference and link to Grant's tools was for anyone who wanted a layer mask to add to Elements.
The way you describe works perfectly well too without needing a mask.

Lisa