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shadows/highlights in bottle

Aug 16, 2012 1:49 AM

Tags: #cs5 #shadow #highlight #gloss

Hello

 

How do I make the the black/white glossy highlights (that are situated in the bottle) appear over the label to make the label look more realistic.

 

In Photoshop I have the following layers:

 

background layer: the bottle

 

layer over the bottle: the label

 

I think I should use gradients and the rectangular marquee perhaps but I have no clue

 

Could you help me please?

 

The main problem is to incorporate the shadows and highlights on the bottle into the label.

 

Please see the picture hereunder.

 

Thanks

 

Lilia

bottlenietzsche.jpg

503 Views   5 Replies   Latest reply: Noel Carboni, Aug 17, 2012 5:41 PM
 
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  • c.pfaffenbichler
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    1. c.pfaffenbichler,
    Aug 16, 2012 2:56 AM   in reply to lb
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    How do I make the the black/white glossy highlights (that are situated in the bottle) appear over the label to make the label look more realistic.

    You probably should not, becasue labels (often printed on paper) simply have not the same reflective properties as glass.

    A softer shadow and highlight might be mocked up with the Layer Style Pattern Overlay set to Blend Mode Linear Light for example.

     
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  • MikeKPhoto
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    Aug 16, 2012 5:47 AM   in reply to lb
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    I use a technique with portraits to add a highlights to give a more balanced effect which might work for you.

     

    Create a new layer, with a soft brush paint with white, say vertically and inline with the glass highlight. Change the layer blend mode to soft light and apply a gaussian blur to blend you will need to experiment with the amount of blur, then play with the opacity until it looks realistic.

     

    Did this in about 10 seconds, so if you spent more time I am sure you could make it look much better

     

    labelhighlight.jpg

    Mike

     
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    3. SRiegel,
    Aug 16, 2012 5:49 AM   in reply to c.pfaffenbichler
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    And you can use edit>transform>warp to make the label comform to the shape of the bottle:

    Screen shot 2012-08-16 at 8.45.30 AM.pngScreen shot 2012-08-16 at 8.45.42 AM.png

    I just did a quick job of this, but with a little extra time, you could make it conform better to the bottle shape.

     
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  • janelle_f
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    4. janelle_f,
    Aug 17, 2012 10:45 AM   in reply to lb
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    You could always take it a step forward and use the 3d revolve:

    tutorial (this one is in illustrator):

    http://layersmagazine.com/illustrator-3d-revolve.html

     

    others:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55rZK5lodKg

     

    -janelle

     
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  • Noel Carboni
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    5. Noel Carboni,
    Aug 17, 2012 5:41 PM   in reply to SRiegel
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    SRiegel wrote:

     

    And you can use edit>transform>warp to make the label comform to the shape of the bottle

     

    ...Which would only look right if the bottom of the bottle were warped a bit as well.

     

    -Noel

     
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