How to Add Reflections to images with masks in Adobe Illustrator

• Insert a photo go to File>Place and select a photo from your computer
• Place it by left clicking on the artboard
• Scale it down
• Edit>Copy
• Edit>Paste in Place
• Object>Transform>Reflect (horizontal axis for pasting below or above rather then left or right)
• Drag the reflection / refelected image down, until it snaps in place

• Select Rectangle Tool – create a black rectangle
• Press CMD (or CTRL) and Y to see outlines
• Line up the rectangle to cover the bottom photo
• Select the black rectangle and the bottom photo which is underneath

• Select the Transparency Pallet

• Click “Make Mask”
• Untick “Clip”
• Click to select the black rectangle in the panel:

• Next Click on Gradient
• Adjust the gradient – anything that is black blocks part of the image, white keeps the image:

In the color panel, change the RGB to all zeros to completely cover part of the photo