Fireworks Metal Festival Tutorial

Tutorial

Author: wayno Translation: catflame (Sleepy Cat) reprint please contact author Keywords: pen (pen Tool), stroke (Stroke), Gaussian blur (Gaussain Blur), Clone ( Clone). This is a metal tubular object that is very common on the web. Remember that you can always use Ctrl+z to undo your last step before you get the final result. First creates a new document, File>new (shortcut key CTRL + N). Document size 300*300 pixels. If the picture is used for network publishing, keep the default resolution of 72 unchanged. The uses the pen tool to draw curves. Set the stroke as shown in the following illustration. Click the canvas at the top left, and then click again at the bottom right and drag the mouse until the appropriate curve is drawn. Now we add a light edge effect to the curve. Ctrl+shift+d Clone the curve you just drawn, and then set the stroke properties as shown below. Set the curve gaussain:3.0 in the effects panel. Use the arrow keys to move the curve to the right, as shown below. Adjust to achieve the lower right effect. To select the black curve again, ctrl+shift+d a clone again, and adjust the new curve in stroke as shown in the lower left. Also add Effects>blur>gaussain Blur with a value of 3.0. Use the arrow keys to move the curve to the left and lower direction. Now, start adding a metal section on the tube, draw a line on the curve (you can use the line tool, or the pen tool) as shown below. The line property is: 1 pixel, white, and a black line is appended below. The ctrl+shift+d copies the white line drawn in the previous step, moving the line with the arrow keys (one to the left), and eventually the black line. Use the SHIFT key to select a black and white line and select Modify>group to group. Ctrl+shift+d cloning group objects, using the arrow keys to move, while using the Zoom tool (Scale Tool) to rotate, get the best results. Repeat the previous step until the black and white lines are covered with the entire curve. This is the final effect diagram: