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Position the bitmap over the puddle as shown and apply a Linear transparency. Select the bitmap and the puddle and from the Arrange menu, select Apply Clip View. This masks the shape inside of the puddle.
Place the non-bitmap cube on top. Add a rectangle for a background and apply a Linear fill. Now the ice cube is sitting in a puddle of its own making and casting a reflection. And that's it. You're done! Looks pretty much like an ice cube doesn't it?
OK. As you know, once I am finished I have to go back and tweak and fiddle with the image to see if I can make it better. Usually a little tweaking can make a big improvement. I added some water droplets on the outside (they got lost on the inside). Made the puddle colors darker. I added a darker edge to the bottom of the cube and a clone just below that. And I added some type to make the image look official. I must have made a dozen or more little tiny changes, then changed my mind about the changes then changed my mind again and changed.... Anyway, I think we're done. I want to point out that I got lucky and happened to get an APC Currents catalog in the mail that had a perfect photo of three ice cubes on the cover. The photo was exactly the effect I was hoping to create. I used the photo for scrap (reference). Keeping a scrap file is a good idea. Just make a folder (a real manilla folder, not a computer folder) and when you see something cool, cut it out and put it in the folder. Then when you need to create an image of something you have in your scrap file, you can use the scrap to create an image. But don't copy the image, recreate it. That way you stay on the right side of the dreaded copyright police. Your feedback is greatly appreciated. Please use the feedback form on the next page to send me your comments, questions, and corrections, and suggestions for future tutorials (but please, I don't do people or cars very well). Gary W. Priester
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