Cause an object to look like it's reflected in the glass surface of another image by using the techniques described in this tutorial.

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Apply effects to the image of the building and use the result as a displacement map. Create a duplicate of the image, apply the Emboss filter to it, and save the image.

  1. Click Image menu, Duplicate.
  2. In the Duplicate Image dialog box click OK.
  3. Click Effects menu, 3D Effects, Emboss.
  4. In the Emboss dialog box, click Reset button, and click OK.
  5. Click File menu, Save.
  6. In the Save An Image To Disk dialog box, choose the drive and the folder where you want to save the file from the Save In box.
  7. Type a filename in the File Name box, and click Save.
  8. Click File menu, Close to close the Image Window of the file you just saved.

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Paste an object into the image that will be reflected in the glass surface of the building.

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Paste the object into the image of the building, and apply the Displace filter using the displacement map created earlier.

  1. Click the Object Picker tool from the Toolbox.
  2. Click the object that will be pasted into the image of the building, and click Edit menu, Copy.
  3. Click Window menu, PTTIP10OPEN.CPT, to make the image of the building the active image.
  4. Click Edit menu, Paste, As New Object.
  5. Click Effects menu, 2D Effects, Displace.
  6. In the Displace dialog box, click the Reset button.
  7. Click the Load button.
  8. In the Load Displacement Map Files dialog box, locate the file that you saved earlier, and click Open.
  9. Click OK.

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Adjust the opacity of the object and paste another copy of the object into the image. Merge all the objects with the background.

  1. On the Property Bar, move the Object Opacity slider to 60.
  2. Click Edit menu, Paste, As New Object.
  3. Click the Object Picker tool from the Toolbox, and drag the object to the opposite side of the image from the reflected object.
  4. Click Object menu, Combine, Combine All Objects With Background.

You have now learned how to make an object look reflected in a glass surface using the Displace filter. Here's an example of what your image might look like.


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