Reflection



This tutorial was inspired by Fan; with some small tweaks. Please check her site out when you have a free moment. ;D

.001 Open GIMP and create a new canvas (CRTL+N), about 300 pixels by 200 pixels, just in case if you need more room. Remember; you can always cut off the extra space once you're done. Fill the canvas with your favorite color, but for this tutorial's sake I'm filling it with #272727, a fairly dark gray.

.002 Select the text tool and type a phrase in a contrasting color (if your background's light, type in dark, as vice versa). Drag the layer near the top of the canvas.

.003 Now go to Image- Transform- Flip Vertically. Select. Now don't freak out that it's completely lopsided; make sure that you have your text layer selected and copy it. (CRTL + C) Now undo the effect with CRTL + Z. See? Everything's better! Now you want to paste the copied layer (CRTL + V), and then right click on the layer in the toolbar and select 'new layer', so you can match it up to the bottom of the existing text layer...

.004 We're almost there! Now you need to take your eraser tool and select the largest, circular, fuzzy brush (I used size 5) and drag it along the bottom of your pasted upside-down layer. To get a perfectly straight line hold the Shift key down. Feel free to change the opacity of this layer to give it more of a flowy effect. Yours should look something like my finished product;


I hope you have fun with this effect; good luck!

all content (c) Alexandra E.U. [2008-2010] unless otherwise stated