Great tutorial, thank you. I see lots of comments about shooting. I don't agree: sometimes we cannot shoot, for any reason (not least if we are not photographers, as I take shooting seriously), that's where this tutorial comes handy. Sometimes you just have to modify things in Photoshop. The purpose here - to me - is to show a logic, a process in Photoshop. You can apply this process to lots of other objects too, not just cans. To me, it was useful for working on a particular bottle, shot in perspective. Needless to say, I was given the picture to work on, had no choice but use that picture, of something that - besides - I don't even possess: one more reason for which no shooting was possible. The only thing I need to point out, is that the top of the screen in the video looks trimmed to me, no top bar is visible, and on 6:29 I could not see exactly where that tool was chosen from. No big deal, I can find it myself, but I think it'd be best to see the whole Photoshop interface. Other than that, I enjoyed this video. Thank you.
My hair is blown back from all the info and the speed at which you did that. You must drink a lot of coffee to have that kind of energy and patience. But what a great tutorial! I recently had to do a reflection of something in this same manner, but luckily, I was able to copy the layer, fill it with black, flip it upside down, and do a fading gradient. And squishing it down via Transform helps a lot too!Justin
I love that you do this ON camera. It made me feel more comfortable learning and this is THE ONLY one I have seen like this.. Good job!!! Thank you, I subbed! :) Looking forward to more!!
I love your tutorials and I even got The Ultimate Guide to Retouching. You guys are awesome! Okay now that I'm done being a fan boy, I was having trouble creating a reflection on a more complex shape. Something like a rounded rectangle, specifically an appliance or something like that..
Great tutorial, but sometimes the better solution is a simpler one. if you can have two cans, put one upside down below the other one, or if you only have one, take a photo of the can both ways and combine them... (that would work in this case). Anyway, great turorial!!
Ricardo Luengo I had the same idea. If the photographer knows that this reflection needs to be created he can flip the can over and do the image of the bottom. Maybe he could also shoot it on white plexiglass and capture the real reflection
mostly of the time these can shots are 3D...as the client has to have consistent shots.. normally they have more than just one can(product)... and yes its a wishlist.. to have the reflection... also for e and my client
Yeah, Photoshop has 3D tools and even the model of a can for those that want to do it. Adobe Dimensions is an even nicer solution if one doesn't use or own a full blown 3D app.
Depends on the selection tool you are using, but generally holding command(mac)/ctrl(win) on an unselected part will add it to the selection, and option/alt on a selected part will remove it. Instance If you're using a magic wand, you can uncheck the contiguous box at the top and click on the white leaves and it will select all the white pieces, then turn contiguous back on & hold alt and click on the pieces you don't want... Or use the quick select tool, hold ctrl and click the pieces you want.
Great way to do this, turned out so well. I'm just sat binge watching your videos, so wasn't really looking for how to do this. I cant really think of any reason you would need to go this unless you were doing your own product shots (besides just for fun) if you are taking the shot yourself, why not just sit the can on a mirror and take a shot of the reflection and of the can alone in the lightbox? Keep the camera on a tripod, and you can get the exact angle, then do some composite work with both images. Doing all that hand painting just seems like something a lot of people would struggle with. X
Does u know about the magnetic selection tool...also i think that altering the perspective of the bottom image in some cases will make it slightly more realistic. You're a great, talented guy you don't have to try and be funny :) Great video phlearn
For all the effort involved, I would rather just re-take the photo with the product stood on a glossy surface. But, I guess that not always possible so good tutorial.
This is a great tutorial. However if you are the photographer and editor, a better way to do this is to also photograph the can upside down from the same angle. Remember to set up the lighting the opposite as in the right-side-up photograph. Use this photo for the reflection. Remember to flip it left to right.
I would've used an existing reflected can image as a reference to imitate my mock reflection much closer and make it more trompe l'oeil. Still, there are some very good suggestions here.
Just went to your website's "Suggest An Episode" page, but the form no longer accepts file attachments. How can I get you a question and an image that may be the subject of a tutorial?
Hello I've a problem new to Adobe CS6 Extended I want to select an cut the leafs of a united nations flag but can't seem to get the individual pieces of the leaf. I tried to cut it individually but it keeps blanking out the part I just cut an I have to start over. Is there a way of getting all the individual parts without constantly having to make a whole bunch of parts separately of cutting it to make a whole image? I don't have a manual yet for its use. Please help!
