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Posted by Kelsey Dum (Member # 6101) on :
 
Hey John, here you go. Hope this helps.
Eyecandy pretty much does the work for you.

- Pick a Font ( I usually choose a light gray for my text…color will effect your affect).

- rasterize font. (left click on text layer and choose rasterize layer)

• go to Filters > Eye Candy > Chrome
• from here you can manipulate:
Bevel Width
Bevel Height Scale
Smoothness
Ripple Thickness
Ripple Width
Bevel Placement (inside/outside)
• you can also adjust the lighting and the curves on the bevel profile.

- If you don’t want any of the bevel but you want the chrome, I usually create a path or a selection around the non-beveled area, select inverse and delete the bevel.

- You can then go through your image > adjustments to change the hue of your chrome to a gold, silver, or more chrome.
- Use image > adjustments > color balance
- Or image > adjustments > hue/saturation






The customization comes when you start manipulating the hue/contrast/highlights/shadows.

This took me about 15 minutes to do all of these...Pretty easy.

Barb and Steve, you can put this on your tips and tricks section...I don't know how.

Thanks.

[ November 03, 2005, 03:24 PM: Message edited by: Kelsey Dum ]
 

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Posted by FranCisco Vargas (Member # 145) on :
 
Sweet!
 

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Posted by Doug Allan (Member # 2247) on :
 
nice job Kelsey!
 

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Posted by John Arnott (Member # 215) on :
 
Thanks Kelsey !!!!!
 

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Posted by Curtis hammond (Member # 2170) on :
 
very nice how too
 

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Posted by Steve Shortreed (Member # 436) on :
 
Thank you Kelsey! Great tip.
 

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Posted by Kelsey Dum (Member # 6101) on :
 
Thanks everyone. I use photoshop all of the time. If you need to know anything, just ask. If I don't know I'll find out.
 

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Posted by Sonny Franks (Member # 588) on :
 
Thanks Kelsey. That's the kind of tip we can put to good use. How did you add the airbrush highlights in the last example?
 

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Posted by Kelsey Dum (Member # 6101) on :
 
Here you go Sonny,

I create three different sizes of spray on top of each other then with a really small spray I create a criss cross. You can add layer gradient masks on the criss cross to fade it out.



Thanks.
 

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Posted by Sonny Franks (Member # 588) on :
 
Pretty much what you'd do with a real airbrush - thanks Kelsey.

Would you be interested in doing a Photoshop seminar at the Dixie Meet next October? Us old dogs can learn some cool tricks from you......
 

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Posted by Kelsey Dum (Member # 6101) on :
 
I would love to... just need some more info from ya. If you would like to email me or I can email you my phone number if we can talk? I need to get out to more meets anyways.

Thanks.
 

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Posted by Randy Campbell (Member # 2675) on :
 
This is what we are going to be doing this week in my airbrush coarse.Chrome finish.
 

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