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Create the web 2.0 reflection effect with Adobe Illustrator

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Few days before, I wrote a tutorial on how you can build a web 2.0 logo with Adobe Photoshop. Here is another one for adding the reflection effect in a logo (like mine above) using Illustrator, which makes the reflection more flexible and easy to scale and manage. Open your logo in Adobe Illustrator and follow these steps:

  1. Duplicate your image by pressing alt (command for Mac) and clicking it. Drag it down (pressing the “shift” key while dragging helps for keeping your image aligned) so it looks like the one below.

    beta1

  2. Select the original object and click object>lock>selection to lock it.
  3. Select the duplicated object and click object>transfrom>reflect. Choose horizontal with 0 angle. Move the duplicated logo exaclty below the original one.
  4. Select the rectangle tool and draw a rectagle that covers the reflected image like in the screenshot below (color does not matter).

    beta2

  5. Fill the rectagle with a white-to-black gradient, set angle to -90 and point color points like in the screenshot.

    beta3

  6. Select the gradient rectangle and the reflected image by pressing control+A (command+A for Mac) as the original object is locked and apply a transparency mask by clicking on the arrow in the upper right of the Transparency tab.

    beta4

    beta5

  7. Drop down the transparency opacity to 40-50% to make the effect more realistic and your reflection is ready!

    beta6

Note that making the reflection with Adobe Illustrator has nothing to do with the background color (like in Photoshop). Follow the same steps for applying it on dark backgrounds.

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By Nikos M. | May 12, 2007 | Illustrator Tips, Web 2.0 | 16 Comments |
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16 thoughts on “Create the web 2.0 reflection effect with Adobe Illustrator”

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  2. vladut June 26, 2007 at 5:44 am

    Thank you! I knew how to do reflection in photoshop, but not in ai.

    great tutorial!

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  3. sebastian October 21, 2007 at 9:55 am

    Awesome! I have been trying to figure out how to make the reflection effect for a long time on my own but never could figure it out. Thanks for the tutorial. Found it in a google search after fiddling with ai.

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  5. josiah jost December 18, 2007 at 1:00 am

    thanks a ton man!! Great tute.

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  6. Tiffany July 2, 2008 at 9:10 pm

    Great! Thank you, quick and easy!

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  7. DK August 22, 2008 at 8:47 pm

    Thanks a ton. Very useful indeed.

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  8. sandra November 26, 2008 at 12:42 am

    that’s awesome. great tip. thank you!

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  9. GU December 16, 2008 at 3:30 pm

    Thank you for your good job!

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  10. sasdaman July 20, 2009 at 5:28 pm

    Very nice and simple effect! thanks

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  11. el_chejin November 23, 2009 at 10:37 pm

    Really nice, I didn’t knew that something like that could be done.

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  12. Adam January 19, 2010 at 2:48 am

    I’ve tried doing this in photoshop by following other tutorials and have always felt overwhelmed. This is by far the simplest method I think, and you explain it very well for laymen like me. Thanks!

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  13. AR August 12, 2010 at 2:13 pm

    Thanks! great tips – simple, easy and really well explained! rock on!

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  14. jonny December 15, 2010 at 5:06 pm

    Thanks so much. This was easy and straightforward. I’ve had Illustrator for 5 years and could never do this outside of photoshop or InDesign. Go figure. Thanks, you’re a lifesaver.

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  15. Rob July 12, 2011 at 12:24 am

    Thanks! What an easy to follow tutorial. Four years later and still applicable.

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