A Work in Progress: Painted wall reflection



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Original image


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I opened the source wall image onto my document of 900 by 900 pixels.

Creation of Painted wall reflection: Step 1

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Then I opened my image and erased the background using the Pen tool.

Creation of Painted wall reflection: Step 2

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Then I used the selection tool and carefully selected the glasses area where I want the reflection. I then filled it up with black paint tool.

Creation of Painted wall reflection: Step 3

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Then again open up the source wall image and this time go to Layer>Clipping Mask. Now you will see that the image is appearing within the glasses area with which you filled with black.

Creation of Painted wall reflection: Step 4

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Keep adjusting the settings and then finally add a new layer choose the black painted area with ctrl-click to load selection. I then selected the Gradient tool with white foreground to transparent and using liner gradient I applied it on the top corners to make it look like a reflection light.

Creation of Painted wall reflection: Step 5

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I did the same thing with the right eye and I got my desired result as below. Adjust the brightness of your image by adding levels to it and ENJOY!!!

Creation of Painted wall reflection: Step 6

Final result

Creation of Painted wall reflection: Final Result

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