Creating Translucent glass for a mirror

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Pat__M._Thompson
Jun 25, 2004
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Creating translucent glass for a mirror.

Pat_ M. Thompson – 02:49pm Jun 25, 2004 Pacific

I have a mirror frame with a white background behind it. It almost looks like a glass mirror, but the glass doesn’t have the translucency that clearly marks it as a mirror. I have tried different blending and lighting techniques, but just can’t seem to get that mirror to look like a perfect piece of glass that cleanly reflects an image. A viewer would probably say that my project is pretty close to the real thing, but I know that the glass does not appear to be perfectly translucent. Since you aren’t viewing my picture, it may be difficult to fairly evaluate what I am saying, so all I am looking for here is some ideas on how to create glass for a mirror that "really" looks like glass. I have searched & followed Net tutorials, but so far nothing is quite right.
Any ideas?
Thanks for any time & energy you give to considering this request. Pat Thompson

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Ol__Whozit
Jun 26, 2004
Nothing really specific, but here are a few links to help: <http://www.unrealwiki.com/wiki/Glass>
< http://www.tiemdesign.com/howto/2003/February/PSMagGlass/def ault.htm> <http://graphicssoft.about.com/library/tuts/bltut14.htm> <http://www.project09.com/tutorials/photoshop/lcd/> < http://www.formz.com/web_site_2000/content_pages/forum01/dis cus/messages/142/4473.html?1066455209>
<http://www.myjanee.com/tuts/rain/rain.htm>
In general, you will need to make a layer, fill it with a gray or slightly blue/green tint with a light/dark/light gradient (which can be hand drawn for a more "organic" shape), and then reducing the opacity to show the "reflection" or image underneath.
Hope this helps!
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Pat__M._Thompson
Jun 26, 2004
Thanks so much for your information and referrals.
I will do my best to make them work….
All the best,
Pat Thompson

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