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Reflective effect is one of the most beautiful and commonly used text effect. In this tutorial, you will learn how to make it in a clear and easy to follow tutorial
Step 1: Create a new 800x800 pixels document with white background. Use the "Honrizontal Type Tool"(T) and type anything you want. You should use blue text color. 
Step 2: Right click on "Small Tutorials" layer and select "Duplicate Layer". Click on the "Move Tool"(V) and select "Show Tranform Controls" checkbox . Eight white boxes will appear around our text. Step 3: Drag the top-center white box downward and you will get 
Step 4: Click on the "Move Tool" again. A dialog box will appear to ask you confirm the transformation, click "Apply". Move the transformed layer near the original layer 
Step 5: Now click on "Add Layer Mask" beneath the "Layers" tab to add a mask to our transformed layer 
Step 6: Press D, X to reset to Black Foreground - White Background, use the "Gradient Tool"(G) and choose "Foreground to Transparent" pattern 
Step 7: Drag and drop like this: 
After this step, you will see your "Layers" tab like this: 
and your text like this: 
Let us continue to make a more real reflection! Step 8: Hold down Ctrl and click on Background layer. Right click and select "Merge Layers" 
Step 9: Go to Filter > Distort > Ocean Ripple and use these settings: 
Finished! And this is the result: 
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