Mystic Reflections tutorial

[christellf]

Mystic Reflection

(Using PSE5)

Open photo.
Duplicate photo. (Ctrl J)
Photo can be cropped for a more close-up finish.
Add light coming in from the area you want.
Go to Filter>Render>Lighting effects.
Select a Light type & size. Choose Omni or spotlight & adjust size.
Make a reflection of background copy photo. (Create your own reflection) or
I made reflection using the FLOOD filter from Flamingpears.com. (Very easy)
If Flood filter is installed,
Go to Filter>Flamingpear>Flood. Create reflection.
After creating the reflection layer, click on B&W circle to left of trashcan and
make an adjustment layer. Go down to Solid color, & use black as color.
Use soft brush,(See EDIT below) lower opacity to around 10% & brush the area you want to show through.
Raise opacity as you go if you want more to show through.
When it is how you like it,
Create a new blank layer above Adjustment layer.
Make the foreground color white for the brush. (The default B&W color squares on bottom under tool selections).
Click brush tool & use grungy or foggy type brush. (See EDIT below)
Set opacity about 30-50%, & enlarge brush the size to cover area you want.
Highlight Layer copy & Stamp brush 1 time across the part showing through.
It will make it look foggy or misty. This should be very subtle & not outstanding.
Add Inner Glow to the foggy layer (Special effects>Layer styles>Inner glow>Simple>Apply)
& set size & opacity of glow (Dbl. click on starburst or fx on right side of layer & a box will pop up to adjust size & opacity).
Inner glow effect does not seem to show on all brushes so try Outer Glow & lower opacity to give a slight subtle glow.

Christell

(Thanks to AngelicKim (Kim) for coming up with the title)

EDIT:
For the soft brush I use Default 300 Soft round brush.
If you don't have grungy or foggy type brushes these Default brushes will work:
14-splatter
17-chaulk
32- oil medium wet flow

Examples below:
Original


Tighter crop

[efarnstrom]

Hi,

This looks like a great exercise, so I thought I would try it. Leave it to me to jump into something without reading it through!

So I went looking for the flood filter at flamingpears.com and decided that they didn't have what I was looking for, so I looked at a previous download I had made and it turns out that it is flamingpear.com.

Here is my DGS with her puppy.

[CarolLHB]

Christell-

Wow-I went to Flaming Pear-had to force myself to stop! What an amazing website-thanks for the tip. I am looking forward to trying the tut!

[Storm1]

I am using Elements 4 on XP. Will this Flood filter work in 4 & where should I put it ?
Beautiful photos -thanks for the tut Christell.
Storm

[christellf]

Thanks everyone. I love the Flood filter. When my 30 day trial period ends I think I am going to purchase it.
Storm, I am not sure about PSE4. Maybe you can PM Wendy. She has most of the Elements installed on her computer.
Hope you can get it.
Christell

[Oscar D]

Hey folks, where do you download the Flood Plugin on PSE 5? I only download the free demo. Will it still allow me to try this tutorial or do I need to purchase flood plugin?

Thanks for you help.

OSCAR

[efarnstrom]

Originally Posted by Oscar D

Hey folks, where do you download the Flood Plugin on PSE 5? I only download the free demo. Will it still allow me to try this tutorial or do I need to purchase flood plugin?
Thanks for you help. OSCAR

Be sure that Elements is closed. I used the demo copy just fine.
Download the demo and unzip it. Copy the folder and place it here:
Local Disk C:
Program Files
Adobe
Photoshop Elements 5.0
Plug-Ins
Flood

After you start Elements Editor it will appear in the filter drop-down menu.

[christellf]

Originally Posted by Oscar D

Hey folks, where do you download the Flood Plugin on PSE 5? I only download the free demo. Will it still allow me to try this tutorial or do I need to purchase flood plugin?

Thanks for you help.

OSCAR

When you get the free one downloaded it will start counting down every time you use it until you get to zero. Now mine is showing 26 left.
Christell

[Oscar D]

thank you folks for the info. Another question when I unzip I have folder title flood presets with files ending with .q8r and I have a file title flood-120.8bf. Do I load the folder or the file.

[efarnstrom]

Originally Posted by Oscar D

thank you folks for the info. Another question when I unzip I have folder title flood presets with files ending with .q8r and I have a file title flood-120.8bf. Do I load the folder or the file.

I copied the whole folder.