Basic Reflection tutorial

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Hello!!

Here a tutorial for basic reflections. Hope it can help the people who are starting with brushing.

Maybe there is someone who can correct my english ;)
Step1:

Make a layer like this. You can do this with the pen-tool or however you want.
stap1.jpg

Step 2:

use the Lasso Tool to make a selection like the image below, Try to cut out the shape of mountains or other objects.
stap2.jpg

Step 3:

Cut away the selection and darken the layer at the bottom ad lighten it at the top. Like this:
stap3.jpg

Step 4:
Set the layer to opacity 20% and erase the parts that doesn't belong there:
do this on all the parts you want to put reflections on: This must be your result:
stap5.jpg

Step 5:
This are the parts i want to lighten out: Make a layer like this:
stap6.jpg

Step 6: Blur the white layers and gum them away from the outer to the inner. Most of the time the middle need to be harder then the outside.
stap7.jpg

Step 7:
Place shine lines in the parts like this:
stap8.jpg

Final:
if you do this on all the parts of the bumper you get something like this:
finalzi.jpg

Hope it can help you
Really nice tutorial and for somebody like me who hasn't done brushing before should be very useful especially for gaining experience.

Thanks for making such a great and useful tutorial.
Yeah this would be very helpfull for a lot of guys..

Berhabs the best color we can use your method on is the white color only

other colors might not workin for them..

THnx for the tut..
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great tut mate

thnx for sharing
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great tut thanks
Very useful ! nice tut! =O
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Great tut, thx!
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Nice tutorial, it will help ;)
nice tuto man

thanks
great tuto ^^
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