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Joel

I will show you how to make your text look better by adding reflection to it! This is a very easy tutorial for the beginners. However, you can add this reflection to shapes or any object you want.

First, create a new document:

Second, we need to duplicate our text layer. You can do that by pressing Ctrl+J or by going to Layer -> Duplicate Layer. Use the select tool to select the area you want to flip; hit Image -> Rotate -> Rotate to the desired angle:

(You can also add a bit of perspective to the reflection layer by transforming it (Edit->Transform->Perspective) if you want. Sometimes this does not work for people.
The next step is to add a layer mask to the duplicate layer. To do this, click on the add layer mask button in the layers palette:

Now pick the Gradient Tool and draw a gradient (black to white) in the direction that the arrow is showing in the screenshot below. (Hold Shift while you draw the gradient):

Now you should have something like this:

Last step is to reduce the opacity of the duplicate layer and you are done! I reduced the opacity to 35% and here is my final result:

Mines not really good because I added all those effects. Your's might come out to be better. ;)