Creating a curved reflection

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Does anyone know if there is a Photoshop technique or plugin to create a curved reflection? Imagine a soda can on a reflective surface. If I duplicate the layer and flip it vertically to create a reflection, the curved top and bottom are curving the wrong way. The reflections curve will be curving in the same direction of the actual object.

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Does anyone know if there is a Photoshop technique or plugin to create a curved reflection? Imagine a soda can on a reflective surface. If I duplicate the layer and flip it vertically to create a reflection, the curved top and bottom are curving the wrong way. The reflections curve will be curving in the same direction of the actual object.

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii281/kevinkamin77/curved_reflection.jpg

The image should have the 'L' on the same side if it's supposed to be a reflection Image > Image Rotation > Flip horizontal.

Oops. Forgot to add, play with the free transform option under the Edit tab.
 
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You can curve the top and bottom edges with the warp tool. Getting the reflected label
to match takes a bit more. You have to copy and paste parts, flip them vertically, align
them on the bottom, and then blend them in with a mask. This is quick and dirty
(the picture on the reflected label is still distorted). Getting all the parts right would take
awhile, but it could be done.

canflip.jpg
 

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