Photoshop creates a realistic metal effect counting stopwatch-PS tutorial

The frame of the stopwatch is metallic, and it is troublesome to make the texture part. At the same time, the production methods for different parts are different. The ring can be made with a layer style, and the button must be made with a metal gradient.

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1. a new 800*600 pixel file with a black background. Create a group, use the oval box selection tool to pull out the area of the circle shown in, and add a mask to the group.


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2. call out the current mask selection area and create a new layer in the group to fill in the brown color: #927F45, for example.


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3. use the elliptical box selection tool to pull out the entire selection area shown in, and Delete the middle part by pressing Delete to get a ring.


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4. double-click the thumbnail of the current layer to bring up the layer style and set the inner shadow, slope, relief, and contour lines. the parameters and effects are as follows.


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5. create a curve adjustment layer and adjust RGB. set the parameter to 9. press Ctrl + Alt + G to create a clipping mask. The effect is 10.


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6. create a new layer at the bottom of the current group, use the oval box selection tool to pull the right circle selection area shown in 1 and pull the radial gradient shown in 12.


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7. create a new layer, and use the oval box selection tool to pull out the positive circle selected in area 3 and fill it with black to keep the selected area. Select menu: choose> modify> contract. The value is 8. after confirmation, 10 pixels are formed and deleted twice in the light Delete mode. The effect is 15.


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8. create a new layer, use the line tool to pull the straight line shown in 6, raster the layer, use the oval box selection tool to pull the right circle selection Area 7, and Delete the middle part by pressing Delete, effect 18.


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9. create a new layer and create other ruler lines in the same way as above.


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