Photoshop Effects - How to Create Reflection Text

Have you ever saw the text that has the reflection below it? You can create reflection text in Photoshop in a few easy steps. You can use any color, font, or size that you want. You can make the font as large as you want too. In this tutorial I will show you how to create Reflection Text in Photoshop. I will write the first part of this tutorial for beginners and the second part for the advance. If you are an advance user in Photoshop, please skip down to the advance part of this tutorial.

How to Create Reflection Text in Photoshop for Beginners

Step 1

Open your Photoshop program and let it load. Next you will need to create a new canvas. Click File > New at the top of your Photoshop window. Make your canvas about 500 pixels x 500 pixels. Select a white background and click OK.

Step 2

Click on the Type Tool on your Toolbar. Draw a rectangle with the type tool across your canvas, large enough to type your text. You can use any font that you want. To change the font size, color, or size go to the top of your Photoshop window and you can change it up there. Once you have gotten the text options the way you want them, type what you want in the rectangle.

Step 3

In your Layers Panel you will see two layers, background and type layer. Click on the type layer to highlight it. Now right click on the highlighted layer and click Duplicate Layer.

Step 4

Click one time on your Duplicate Layer to highlight it. Now right click on the layer and click Rasterize Type from the pop up box.

Step 5

Go to the top of your Photoshop window and click Edit > Free Transform. Now you will see a box around your text. Grab the top middle square and pull it straight down below your text until you see your text upside down. Please see image two if you don't understand what I'm saying. This part can be a little hard to put into words.

Step 6

Go back to the top of your Photoshop window and click Edit > Transform > Perspective. Now you will see a box around your text that is upside down. Click on the bottom right corner and pull the box to your right a little. Please see image three to see what I am talking about.

Step 7

Select the Path Selection Tool (arrow) from your toolbar. Click Apply when the "Apply the Transformation" box pops up.

Step 8

Go to the top of your Photoshop window and click Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. The Gaussian Blur box will pop up. You can set the Radius to whatever you want. I think the best look is the Radius set at 1.2. But you can move it up or down to suit your taste.

That's it. That is how you create Reflection Text in Photoshop. If you have any problems with this Photoshop Text Effect, please feel free to contact me using the contact button at the top of this page.

Advance Users

How to Create Reflection Text in Photoshop for the Advance Users

Step 1 - Create a New Document whatever size you want.

Step 2 - Select the Type Tool and type what you want on your canvas.

Step 3 - Duplicate your Type Layer.

Step 4 - Resaterize your Duplicate Layer.

Step 5 - Click Edit > Transform

Step 6 - Grab the top middle sqaure and pull it down below your text until you see your text upside down.

Step 7 - Click Edit > Transform > Perspective

Step 8 - Grab the bottom right corner and drag it right a little.

Step 9 - Click Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and set the Radius to about 1.2