How can I add a reflection to my product photo using AI?

The problem with reflections is that they look simple but aren't. You might think: just flip the image, right? But that's not how reflections work.

A reflection on glass looks different from one on polished wood, which looks different from one on water. The angle matters. The lighting matters. Real reflections have subtle distortions and color shifts. They show you the underside of things. They follow curves. They're not just mirror images.

Most people try to add reflections in Photoshop. You flip the product, maybe add some blur, adjust the opacity. But it always looks fake. You can tell immediately—it's like someone copy-pasted the image below itself. The reflection doesn't interact with the surface. It doesn't respond to the light. It's just there, floating.

The reason is that Photoshop doesn't understand physics. It doesn't know that glass reflects differently than wood. It doesn't know how the angle of the product changes what you see. It doesn't know that reflections show the bottom of things, not the top.

Tools like Nightjar are different. They're trained on professional product photography, so they've learned how reflections actually work. When you upload your product and ask for a reflection, the system thinks about the surface material, the product's position, the lighting direction. It calculates what the reflection should look like based on how light actually behaves.

Your product stays exactly as it is. Same colors, same materials, same details. Only the reflection gets added. And because the system understands the physics, the result looks real. You can tweak it in plain English: "make the reflection stronger" or "change it to polished wood." It just works.

For jewelry, electronics, luxury products—anything that needs to feel premium—reflections are essential. Nightjar's "Luxury/Premium" style handles this automatically. You don't have to think about the technical details. Just upload and generate.