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This document was created by an unregistered ChmMagic, please go to http://www.bisenter.com to register . it. Thanks6. Select the box's reflection and use the Move tool to move it down. Remember that only part of the box willreflect, and use the Lasso to trim away and move the parts that won't show. You will usually find that youneed to use the Distort or Skew commands to move a reflection into its proper position and shape. Theadjacent edges of the two boxes should meet precisely without much backdrop visible between them (seeFigure 18.11). Then you can discard the spare parts.Figure 18.11. The box flipped and moved down into place.It looks like a reflection, right? Well, sort of. It looks like a reflection only if the surface is perfectly reflective, likea mirror, which it obviously isn't.7. To make the reflection realistic, some of the background has to show through, just as you saw with dropshadows. Adjust the Opacity slider for the Reflections layer until the reflection looks more realistic and blendsin with the surface.If you're satisfied with the reflection as it is now, you're done. Unfortunately, I'm picky and seldom satisfied.The reflection still looks too perfect to me. The background isn't that smooth.8. To introduce a little dirtiness into the reflection, it's time for another trip to the Plastic Wrap filter. With a littlefiddling, and some help from the Smudge tool, I was able to make the reflection bumps match those on thebackdrop. Then I blurred the reflection slightly. Check it out in Figure 18.12.Figure 18.12. With its opacity reduced, the reflection looks much morerealistic.