Glossy Reflections in Photoshop | Photoshop Tricks

Glossy Reflections in Photoshop

Step 1: First of all, Choose a Picture you want to create a reflection.

Step 2: Make a selection by using Pen Tool. See in the picture below.Then Create a new layer(Shift+Ctrl+N) and select Inverse(Shift+Ctrl+I) and fill it with white..

Step 3: Flatten the image then duplicate it by right clicking on layer and select duplicate Layer.Now duplicate the banana by using the magic wand and selecting the white part.Right click>layer via copy.

Photo Retouch | Digital Make up

Photo Retouch | Digital Makeup in Photoshop

Step 1: First take a polygon lasso tool, select subtract from selection from property bar & take feather 2 px. Now carefully select particular area as I shown in. Copy that selection (Ctrl+C) & paste it (Ctrl+V). 

Step 2: Now invisible original layer & let’s work on our paste face layer. Now go to Filter->Blur->Smart Blur.

Take Radius=7.65, Threshold=36.2, Quality=High & Mode=Normal. To add little fineness add some Gaussian blur radius=1.9 pixels. You will get something like this... 

3D Water Scapes | Photoshop Tricks

Maikng 3D Water Scapes

Step 1 : Create a new document, select a light shade of blue, saturated to 100% for you foreground color.Select white for your background color.Either use a cloud filter to create a cloud texture over the entire image, or fill with your foreground color and paint in the clouds with white using a large soft brush.

Step 2: Select Image>Adjustments>curves.

Adjust the curves so the blue becomes darker.The curves option allows you to maintain the hue and saturation of the image while darkening the midtones.

Making of a Drop in Photoshop

Making of a Rain Drop Photoshop Tutorial

Step 1:Open any image that you want to add rain drops too. In order to make this look more realistic, use image of a green leaf.

Step 2: Create a new layer named Drop1 and select the Elliptical Marquee Tool and make a selection which looks like a drop on the leaf.

Photoshop Tricks: Car in Motion

After seeing several of the motion contests, I think most of the mistakes have to do with incorrect subject focus or just plain "overdoing it." I tried to address both issues here. Hope some of you find this useful...
For starters, there are several perspectives you can take when setting a picture to motion. Take the following race car pic in its original form

You can choose to set yourself in motion but the result is usually not appropriate for what we are trying to do.