Have you seen those web sites that feature beautiful pictures of their products. The pictures are so eye-catching and they immediately draw your attention to the products.
One of the technique that is commonly used today is to create a "glossy surface" effect where a reflection of the product appears under it. Have a look at this example:
This was made using Photoshop.
a. Open the original picture
b. Make a duplicate of the original picture onto another layer.
c. Flip the image vertically
d. Choose the select tool
e. Drag the reflection to position
f. Choose the eraser tool
g. Clean up the unwanted "overlaps" from the duplicate layer using the eraser tool
h. Merge the layers using the flatten image command
i. save the file
Here's another example:














