I am a beginner in Photoshop but am doing a wedding album for a friend and I want to superimpose the photo of the bride and groom onto a picture of a wine glass as a reflection. How would I do this in Photoshop 7?
Tom Storm
This type of compositing challenge can be solved with help from the Layers palette, the Transform command and some gentle layer blends. Start off by opening two suitable source files of the happy couple and a wine glass.
01
Copy and paste
Go to the shot of the couple and use the Rectangular Marquee (M) to select them. Hit Edit> Copy. Go to the wine glass image and Edit>Paste the couple onto a new layer. In the Layers palette reduce the Opacity of the couple’s layer so you can see the glass too.
02 Move it
Select the Move tool (V) and place the couple over the glass. Edit>Transform>Scale the shot so they fit in the glass. Grab the Eraser tool (E) and pick a soft-edged brush from the Brush Preset picker. Erase any parts of the couple layer outside the glass.
03 Blend it
For a more realistic reflection, in the Layers palette make the couple layer’s blending mode Lighten. This lets highlights in the glass remain solid and preserves details. Curved highlights blend the composited photo with the glass’s shape.
This seems so much easier than what I have been doing. I do like the idea. I’ll try it the next time I take Wedding Pictures.
This is wonderful I will try it on my next shots
The last step should have been to DISTORT the pasted photo around the glass. Reflections distort some around the edges of the glass, it’s just common sense man.
Take the corners of the box, one at a time, with the direct selection tool, and raise the top ones a little and then lower the bottom ones a little…
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