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by Colin Smith
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This tutorial will show you how to hold your images together with realistic looking screws.
- Layers
- Selections
- Gradients
- Layer Styles
- Difficulty 5/10
1)
Make a circular selection.
Tip: Hold down Alt/Option to draw from the center. Hold down Shift to draw a perfect circle. To move the selection while drawing, hold the spacebar.
2)
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Select the gradient tool. black to white circular gradient. Make sure you check the reverse box on the top bar.
3)
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draw the gradient starting from the center and you should have something like this.
4)
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Now how about the slot?
Make a new layer. Draw a long rectangle and fill with dark gray.
To trim the slot: Ctrl/Cmd click on the layer 1 thumbnail to select it. With the top layer active hit Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+I to invert the selection. Press the delete key. Now you should have a nicely trimmed slot.
5)
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To make the slot look recessed:
Add a layer style to the slot. Hit the little "f" at the bottom of the layers pallette. Use inner shadow wih the default settings except for the size, move that up a little bit for more realism.
6)
We are done, but how often is the slot perfectly vertical? Press Ctrl/Cmd+T for free transform. Move your mouse on a corner until it turns into a curved arrow. Drag it around until you have a nice angled slot.
To finish, merge down and add a drop shadow and a bit of color if you desire.
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