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[1]-First of all open new document of custom size, Height & Width 500×400 pixels, Resolution 72 and Mode RGB Color

[2]-Now create the following shape with the help of Ellipse Tool and Modify by the Direct Selection Tool

Let’s start with a new document 500x500 pixels

Press "D" to reset your color palletes to black and white.

Create a new layer, then apply the following filter:
Filter->Render->Clouds

Apply: Filter->Blur->Gaussian Blur
Set: 6

Apply: Filter->Blur->Motion Blur
Set: Angle: 90, Distance: 80

D (Default Colors)
Num Keys 1 thru 0 (Tool Opacity Level)
H (Hand Tool)
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + N (Quick New Layer)
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + E (Stamp Visible)
[ (Decreases Brush Size)
] (Increases Brush Size)
Shift + [ (Decrease Brush Softness)
Shift + ] (Increases Brush Softness)
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + K (Show Keyboard Commands)

Okay, at first glance, this does sound ridiculous. What could an ancient Chinese art possibly have to teach us about a 21st Century technology like web design? But just bear with me a moment on this one  I’m about to show you how those ancient Chinese spiritualists could teach us all a thing or two about the internet.

What is Feng Shui?
Before we go any deeper, I�d best start with an explanation  what is Feng Shui? Well, put simply, it’s about balance and harmony. It’s about the arrangement of certain objects in a certain way to promote positive feelings. And, according to the Feng Shui experts, at the centre of this balanced, harmonised world, is an energy force called chi which, if allowed to flow freely, will promote happiness. If, on the other hand, it is not allowed to flow freely, it will stagnate , and then you’re in real trouble.

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In this tutorial you’ll learn how to simply and quickly add the reflection of a scene to your subjects eyeball. I’ve also included the actual Photoshop session in with notes so you can see for yourself how this is done.

First, create a Photoshop document and import your main eye image and the image you want reflected.

For my most recent work I wanted to create bubbles that would reflect my subject in a believable yet magical way. To do this I started by duplicating the main photo Layer >> Duplicate Layer.

Next I scaled the duplicate to 25% of it’s original size. Edit >> Transform >> Scale. We also need to distort the duplicate. First I flipped it Edit >> Transform >> Flip Horizontal or Vertical, then I distorted it further by adjusting the perspective. Edit >> Transform >> Perspective

Still doesn’t look like a bubble does it? Here comes the fun part. Select the elliptical tool (M) and draw out an area that’s a perfect sphere (by holding shift). We want to get rid of everything outside of the bubble, now. So go to the to menu and choose "Select" then "Inverse" (Select >> Inverse) then press delete. You’ve now deleted everything on the layer that will not be in the bubble.
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