OK, moving on.
STEP 5
Turn on/select the “Plane copy 2” layer by clicking once on the eye icon of that layer.
(Note: You should now have “Plane copy 1”, “Plane copy 2”, and “Plane copy 3” turned on now.)
You will notice that it changes the reflection slightly. I actually raised the opacity back to 30% and I thought it looked better. But you can make any opacity adjustment that you like for this layer or just leave the layer turned off.
The last thing we need to do is to add the gradient. Since you worked with an aircraft image that was taken in the daylight, you may not need this step. Add it anyway to see if you like the result. If you don't, you can always turn off the layer or simply delete it.
Select/highlight the “Plane copy 1” layer by clicking once on the body of the layer in the layers panel.
Add a new layer by clicking the “Create a new layer” icon located at the bottom right of the layers panel next to the trashcan icon.
Double click on the text of the very new layer and name it “Gradient”
Your layers panel should look like this:
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Make sure you foreground color is set to black.
(Quick tip: Hit the D key on your keyboard one time. This resets your foreground and background colors to the default of foreground white and background black. Now hit the X key and this will toggle/rotate the colors)
Choose/select your Gradient Tool.
At the top in the Tools Menu Bar, click once on the gradient editor.
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In the Gradient Editor, chose the second preset from the top left in the “presets window”.
It should read, “Foreground to transparent” in the NAME window.
Hit OK
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In your Gradient Tools-tools menu bar at the top, set the Gradient Tool to linear gradient, Mode: normal, Opacity: 100%
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Make sure your “Gradient “ layer is selected/highlighted.
Start at the bottom center of the canvas image and pull a gradient straight up to about the center of the overall image.
Hold down the shift key to keep the gradient straight.
The gradient will be dark so we need to lower the “Gradient” LAYERS opacity in the layers panel......not in the Tools Menu Bar.
I lowered mine to about 53% You adjust yours how you like it.
Final image!
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