How to make a mirror image. How to mirror a photo in Photoshop

05.02.2015 27.01.2018

We will make a mirror image in Photoshop in a few minutes. I will describe each step in detail and illustrate everything with pictures. This effect is very often used by designers and photo processors.

I'll show you how to make a mirror image using these fruits as an example. Open the photo in Photoshop.

First we need to select the fruits. To do this, use the Lasso tool, it can be found in the toolbar.

By the way, I recorded a special free video course on Photoshop on the topic "How to highlight in Photoshop". You can download it at . After watching this course, you will easily learn how to select any objects in Photoshop.

Selecting fruits. Upper part You can highlight it with a white background - no problem. But you should try to highlight the bottom one evenly, without unnecessary background, just fruits. Since this part will lie under the image of fruit and serve as a reflection.

Press CTRL+C to copy the selected image. After that, press CTRL+V to paste the image, it will automatically appear on a new layer. This is how we duplicated the image of the fruit. From this copy we will make a reflection.

Now press CTRL+T and the transformation form will appear. Right-click on the fruit, a menu will appear - select "Flip Vertical". This way we turned the image upside down.

Move the reflected fruits down.

Next you need to place them under the fruits that are on top. Press CTRL+T, the transformation form will appear. Move the cursor to the corner of this form, you will see how the cursor will take the form to rotate the image. Now pinch left button mouse and rotate the image. Turn it so that it stands exactly under the fruit, as if serving as their continuation.

Now set the opacity to 40% for this layer so that the specular reflection is realistic and a little transparent.

It will turn out like this:

In Word every day around the world a huge number of text documents. For some, this is a work report, a thesis, an essay, course work. And every second user is faced with adding pictures to a document. Although many, to the best of their ability or ignorance, omit at the moment. After all, it only seems that inserting a picture takes long time. And if you suddenly need to make a mirror image of a picture, then the older generation will probably ask a friend or loved one for help, or maybe skip this step altogether, citing lack of time. Let's figure out the problem that has arisen together.

Reflection of the image "mirror"

You can mirror your drawing using the following steps. Initially, insert the image into the Word document:

To display an image you need:

Horizontal reflection of the picture

There are situations when it is necessary to change the direction of the drawing. IN in this case, it is necessary to change the direction of Santa Claus in left side. To flip the image horizontally you need to do the following:

Note. If you need to place two pictures next to the original result as in the screenshot above, you need to copy the picture and then set the desired reflection.

Setting to Mirror a Pattern

To achieve desired effect While reflecting the photo, you can adjust all parameters manually. Click on the photo and go to the “Format” tab.

In the “Picture Format” window, set the desired type of “Blanks”, for example “Medium... touch”.

Note. You can mirror a photo with a shift of several points from the original picture; to do this, you need to select the “Reflection at 4 pt or 8 pt” option.

Any shift can be observed even when open active window"Drawing Format". To do this, move the parameters window to the left or right of the image that is located on the Word document sheet.

When working in MS Word the need arises to rotate text, not all users know how to do this. For effective solution For this task, you should look at the text not as a set of letters, but as an object. It is on the object that you can perform various manipulations, including rotation around an axis in any precise or arbitrary direction.

We have already discussed the topic of text rotation earlier, in this article I would like to talk about how to make a mirror image of text in Word. Although the task seems more complicated, it can be solved using the same method and a couple of additional mouse clicks.

1. Create a text field. To do this, in the tab "Insert" in the group "Text" select item "Text field".

2. Copy the text you want to mirror ( CTRL+C) and paste into the text field ( CTRL+V). If the text is not yet printed, enter it directly into the text field.

3. Perform the necessary manipulations on the text inside text field— change the font, size, color and other important parameters.

Mirror text

You can mirror text in two directions - relative to the vertical (top to bottom) and horizontal (left to right) axes. In both cases, this can be done using the tab tools "Format", which appears on the panel quick access after adding the shape.

1. Double-click on the text field to open the tab "Format".

2. In a group "Arrange" click the button "Turn" and select "Flip Left to Right"(horizontal reflection) or "Reflect from top to bottom"(vertical reflection).

3. The text inside the text box will be mirrored.

Make the text field transparent by following these steps:

• Right-click inside the field and click on the button "Circuit";
• Select an option from the drop-down menu "No outline".

Horizontal reflection can also be done manually. To do this, you simply need to swap the top and bottom edges of the text box shape. That is, you need to click on the middle marker on the top edge and drag it down, placing it under the bottom edge. The text field shape, its rotation arrow will also be at the bottom.

Now you know how to mirror text in Word.

Good day, dear readers. Today I will tell you about a simple tool, which is sure to be useful to any web designer: to create a landing page or, if you are creating an online store, to improve the pictures in the product card.

I'll show you how to make an image mirror. First, use two buttons to simply expand the picture, and then professional way reflect an object as if it were in a mirror or on a glass table.

Shall we get started?

Two buttons for mirror effect

So, this method works no matter what version of Photoshop you use CS6, CS5 and even in online versions. I work at CC.

Once you open a photo in Photoshop, you need to unlock it for editing. Without this, you will not be able to use most functions. Click the lock to the right of the layer's thumbnail.

Now press the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+T.

Right click anywhere free space selected fragment. Will open additional menu with many functions for rotation: vertically, 180, 90 degrees. Now you select "Flip Horizontal".

Done, you have flipped the image as a mirror image. If there are any logos or mention on your photo brands and you don't want readers to see them, this is an easy way to complicate things. Many TV channels now use it.

If you don't like using the keyboard shortcut, you can top panel select "Edit", then "Transform" and "Flip Horizontal".

Well that's all, with simple method figured it out. It's time to make something beautiful. By the end of the second part of this tutorial, you will have an attractive image that can be inserted as a design element or simply as an illustration for a product card in .

Mirror effect

The first step is to prepare the background. As a rule, professionals work with light and black to see the result in different colors. To do this, you will have to learn how to work with gradients. If problems arise, read my detailed step-by-step instructions.

Create a layer, then under the Fill tool find a gradient and fill the layer radially in dark colors. Can be used depending on color #655959 to #3f3535.

Now you need to create another layer with a light color. Click on the icon next to the basket. Or in the "Layer" tab top menu select "Create" new layer».

You can use the keyboard shortcut Shift+Ctrl+N. By the way, I recommend that you keep a notebook where you will write down all the hot keys. There are a lot of them in Photoshop, but they make your work much easier.

At first, you can write down the keyboard shortcuts that you use every time. Suppose you forgot - looked and wrote it down again. I managed to remember on my own - there is no need to look for honor, praise and a pen. At one time I studied this way English language. Helps. You sit until the last moment until you remember without prompting, so as not to write the same thing a hundred times.

Fill the top layer in light colors from #cdc6c6 to #948d8d.

Make the drawing a little smaller. To make it shrink proportionally, while you move the mouse, hold down shift on the keyboard. Once finished, apply the changes by pressing Enter.

Right-click on the layer thumbnail and bring up an additional menu, in which select the “Rasterize Layer” function.

In the same menu, also click on “Create a duplicate layer” or use the Ctrl+J button combination.

Now you need to press Ctrl+T, “Transform”, and right-click inside the object, as I described in the previous paragraph. Select the Flip Vertical option.

Drag the new layer down; this can be done in its current state. Alternatively, press Enter to finish the transformation, select the Move Tool (overlapping arrows) and drag the new layer down.

Add . A rectangle with a circle inside. I have already described this function in detail. It is somewhat reminiscent of an eraser: it erases objects or makes them transparent.

Now you'll need a gradient again. From black to white, but this time mirrored (indicated by number 3 in the screenshot).

Draw a line somewhere from the middle of the object from the first visible layer to the end of the “reflection”, as shown in the figure.

Be careful when you apply the gradient, white frame should be on the layer mask, the one to the right of the sketch. Double-click on it and you can adjust the density and make the reflection transparent.

Now you need to blur the object a little, since there is no “pure” reflection in nature. Click on the layer's thumbnail to apply the edits specifically to it. In my case with the image of an apple. Next, go to the “Filters” – “Blur” – “Gaussian Blur” tab.

Adjust the radius as you like. It all depends on the resolution of the source. In my case 5 is perfect.

You can remove the visibility of the light gradient layer by clicking on the eye next to it, and see how the photo will look on the dark one. All that remains is to choose the best option.

Well, that's all. If you liked this tutorial, subscribe to the newsletter and learn more about the world of Photoshop. Now you can create very beautiful pictures on one's own. Well, if you don’t have time to wait, I can recommend the course “ Photoshop lessons improving skills " In it you will find a whole collection of professional techniques and methods.

Well, if you think that your knowledge is not yet enough to raise the level, learn all about the tools in the course " Photoshop from scratch in video format " It will help you learn not just to use some techniques, but to independently figure out how to apply this or that effect of a complex program.

See you again and good luck in your endeavors.

The Image menu in Paint.NET combines commands that run on all layers of the current image at the same time.

Crop an image to the edge of a selection in Paint.NET

Menu item "Crop to selection" in the "Image" menu graphic editor Paint.NET is available if a selection exists in the image. Using this command will cause the image size to be reduced so that only the selected area remains. If the selected area is not a rectangle, the image will be cropped to rectangular shape, which includes the selection area. However, areas of the image that were not included in the selection area will become transparent in this case.

Let's give an example. In the first picture of the car, I used the lasso marquee tool to select an area. The result obtained after using the Crop to Selection command for this image is shown in the second figure.

Note that the size of the drawing itself, after using the Crop to Selection command, was reduced to the size of the rectangle containing the selection. Areas of the image that are not included in the selection area are displayed as a checkerboard pattern. The checkerboard pattern is not part of the drawing; it simply represents the transparent areas of the image in Paint.NET.

How to resize a picture in Paint.NET

Team "Resize" in Paint.NET allows you to resize the entire image by stretching or shrinking it. To change the size of a picture, you can specify a percentage change relative to the current size or explicitly set the dimensions of the width and height of the desired new picture. If the "Maintain proportions" checkbox is checked, then when you change one of the parameters: width or height, the second parameter will be calculated automatically based on their current ratio.

The Resize command in Paint.NET allows you to control the print size of an image. The print size is determined by the “resolution” parameter, the default value of which is 96 dots (pixels) per inch, or what is the same, 37.8 dots (pixels) per centimeter. For example, if you specify the width of the image print size as 10 centimeters, then at a resolution of 37.8 dots per centimeter, the image width will be 378 pixels.

You can change the print size of the image in the dialog box by simply changing the "resolution" parameter. Please note that when you change the image resolution, the size of the pixel itself does not change. The image size automatically changes due to redrawing: thinning or restoration, depending on which direction the “resolution” parameter was changed.

There are several options for redrawing an image when changing resolution. The choice of redrawing option determines how the colors of new points will be calculated based on the colors of points already in the drawing. Bilinear and bicubic redrawing, as well as redrawing taking into account neighboring pixels, are available for selection. With the default option " best quality"Paint.NET itself uses either bicubic redrawing or supersampling, depending on how the image was resized.

Let's illustrate the changes in image size using the following pictures. Below is the original image.

The first picture shows the result of enlarging the picture, the second shows the result of compression. To improve the sharpness of a picture after resizing it, you can use the standard sharpening effect.

Canvas size in Paint.NET

The Canvas Size command allows you to resize the canvas in Paint.NET without changing the dimensions of the image itself. This command has a dialog box, just like the previous menu item, but in this case there is an additional “Pin” binding option in the window. If new size there is more canvas than the available image, then free space will be filled with the color selected as a secondary color in the Color Picker.

Let's give an example of changing the canvas size in Paint.NET on a picture of a car we already know.

The first image shows the result of enlarging the canvas in Paint.NET, the image was centered, and white was used as an additional color. The second picture shows an example of shrinking the canvas using the same center pin.

How to rotate a picture in Paint.NET from left to right or mirror it

Teams "Rotate horizontally" or "Rotate vertically" in Paint.NET I allow you to rotate a drawing from right to left horizontally or flip it vertically. An illustration of the actions of these commands is given using the example of a picture of a car already known to us in the two following figures.

How to rotate a picture clockwise or counterclockwise in Paint.NET

A series of "Rotate..." commands allows Paint.NET to rotate an image 90 degrees clockwise or counterclockwise, as well as flip it 180 degrees.

Merge Image Layers in Paint.NET

Menu item "Merge All Layers" Available in Paint.NET only if the image contains multiple layers. In this case, when executing this command, all layers of the image will be combined into one layer.