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Crome Layer Style
by Matt Kloskowski
ExtremePhotoshop.com
Have you ever noticed that in Photoshop you may be infatuated with one effect, style,
technique (or whatever) for a while and then forget about it. It happens to me all the
time. The cool thing about photoshop for me is that when I come back to those
forgotten techniques I find myself exploring new ways of using them that I had never
thought of. This happened to me recently with layer styles. Sure they've been out for a
while and I thought I had exhausted my creative ability with them. But over the last few
weeks I've found myself using them like crazy. One thing that changed is that I've really
started tweaking the contours in the bevel, contour, and satin layer styles. This has
opened up a whole new world for me and I'm going to share one chrome effect with you
that looks so cool and is just so darn easy it should be illegal. Here goes...
Step 1 : Open a new document. Mine is about 300 x 300 pixels in size. Then create an
element that you wish to chromize (is that even a word?). The one "gotcha" with layer
styles is that they can look very different on various shapes. A style that looks good on
text may look horrible on a solid shape like a circle. For this effect I've found that thick
text or a logo shaped similar to mine here works best. So go ahead and create whatever
shape you choose on a new layer by itself. You can always download my final PSD file
from my website and use my shape.
Step 2: Now apply the following layer styles that I have in the screenshots below. Take
note of any color swatch changes in the inner glow and satin layer styles as well as any
contour changes that I have done. They all ship with Photoshop 7 - you just need to pick
it from the list.
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Step 3: OK, now you should have something like this.
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Step 4: You're probably thinking that this doesn't look very good. Well here is the last
tip. I've also found that many of the default blend modes used in the layer styles really
hinder us. Sometimes I let them fool me into thinking that the default is the way that
the layer style should look best. But often, the real power of layer styles shows through
when you change these defaults as is the case with this effect. So with nofurther ado...
simply go to the Satin layer style that you created and change the default blending
mode of multiply to screen. Then sit back and watch magical things happen (hopefully).
That's it for this week. I hope you've learned a few more things about layer styles and
how we can use them. By changing the contours and blending modes we can really
achieve quick plastic, chrome, and glass effects that could otherwise take us hours to
paint by hand. Good luck and please email me ( mattk@tampabay.rr.com ) with any
questions or suggestions. I'd also love to see any new styles that you come up with.
Don't forget to stop by www.extremephotoshop.com for any downloads relating to this
and other tutorials. Also please keep an eye out at my site. It will be changing
drastically in the next couple of weeks and I think you will be pleasantly surprised.
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