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yet another wallpaper, i'm trying to improve all the time :>
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I like it but I think I'd like it more if the flip of the text looks more like a reflection.
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yeah that was my intention, just not sure how to do it 
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Fade it out towards the bottom. Slightly if you want to give the impression of a high-gloss surface, more completely (and possibly blur it too) for a more matte shine.
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Wolfpaw_We posted:
Fade it out towards the bottom. Slightly if you want to give the impression of a high-gloss surface, more completely (and possibly blur it too) for a more matte shine.
thanks alot it worked perfectly!.
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Very welcome. 
Now show the result  .
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http://i25.tinypic.com/4iyjki.png
is this what you ment?, also should i drag the fading/reflecting text even lower towards the buttom or ?. 
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No, that's not what I meant. Make a gradient mask that fades the reflection's transparence from top to bottom. Here, let me give you an example if I can with the tools I have here at work...
That's what I mean - and if you fade a blur so that the darker part of the reflection is blurred more than the top, you will get a more realistic look of a matte surface.
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wow i have much to learn 
http://i32.tinypic.com/14skrs.png  
not nearly as cool as the version you made though 
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Not sure which program you use, but here's a custom tutorial for Photoshop CS4:
1. Create your text layer on top of the background (duh?).
2. Duplicate the layer, mirror it, create a new layer group for the reflection layer and position the reflection.
3. Create a layer mask for the reflection layer group. The reason you're using a mask for the group, not the reflection layer is that the outline effect on the text uses layer transparency and will get messed up by a layer mask.
4. Use a black to white gradient for the transparency mask, tune for the desired reflection effect.
5. Convert the reflection layer to a smart object and apply a gaussian blur filter.
6. Create a transparency mask for the smart filter to make the blur heavier the deeper you go.
And done. Here's the final .psd.
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thanks alot for taking your time for doing this
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