Puttin' stuff in a glass bowl?

[jebus314]

So...I have a great image of a glass bowl and I want to put stuff in it. (Not IRL. I can do that.  ) Any tips on how to create that illusion in photoshop? Trying on my own is making me look like  and fell like  Anyone who can help deserves a  . Thx.

[mashby]

I find the Multiply mode the best way to put stuff behind or into other things. The best thing to put inside another is something with a white background if you use the Multiply mode method.

Looked for a glass bowl and found this one:
http://www.hottuna.co.za/props/vases/shared/Glear%20glass%20bowl%20vase.jpg
Adjusted some stuff (Auto Levels, Auto Contrast, and Auto Color).
Then wanted to put a mug of beer in there:
http://www.discoverahobby.com/beer.jpg
Pasted that sucker on top of the glass bowl image, set the Mode to Multiply and added a Layer Adjustment thing to push up the Saturation a little (+54) and then decided to set the opacity of the beer layer to 80%. That made this sucker (not the best thing in the world, but it certainly looks like it's inside the bowl, eh?):


What would make this even more believable is adjusting the shadows the new beer glass would make, but alas, I guess I'll skip that for now.

[Hitspinner]

I find the Multiply mode the best way to put stuff behind or into other things. The best thing to put inside another is something with a white background if you use the Multiply mode method.

Looked for a glass bowl and found this one:
http://www.hottuna.co.za/props/vases/shared/Glear%20glass%20bowl%20vase.jpg
Adjusted some stuff (Auto Levels, Auto Contrast, and Auto Color).
Then wanted to put a mug of beer in there:
http://www.discoverahobby.com/beer.jpg
Pasted that sucker on top of the glass bowl image, set the Mode to Multiply and added a Layer Adjustment thing to push up the Saturation a little (+54) and then decided to set the opacity of the beer layer to 80%. That made this sucker (not the best thing in the world, but it certainly looks like it's inside the bowl, eh?):


What would make this even more believable is adjusting the shadows the new beer glass would make, but alas, I guess I'll skip that for now.

Yep, what Mashby said.
Once in a while  I'll select the image with the magic wand tool, trim off the remaining pixel fuzz with the eraser and drop in @ 80 or so % so I can still see reflection highlights. Then I select the reflections, save as a layer and over paste... then adjust to look decent.