Highlighted Chrome Creating a highlighted chrome effect in Photoshop
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Create a new image
500x500 px with a dark gray background. Using the type tool
create your text in white make it as big as possible, I used
times new roman font. Click OK. Go to Layer>Type>Render
Layer. When done hold CTRL and click on the text to select it.
Now go to the channels palette and create a new channel.
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OOn the new channel fill the selection
in white. Now Deselect (CTRL +D) Go to
Filter>Blur>Guassian Blur. Use a radius of 8 and again
Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur use a setting of 4 again
Filter>Blur> Gaussian Blur and enter 2. Once more
Filter>Blur>Guassian Blur and enter 1. When done, go
back to the layers palette and click on the type
layer.
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Now with the type layer active, Go to
Filter>Render>Lighting Effects and use these settings.
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Now go to Image>Adjust>Curves match it
up to the setting opposite. It should be looking quite chrome like by now. You can alter
the curves as you wish, as long as your happy :) now that you
have the chrome lets add the highlight.
Go to Filter>Render>Lighting Effects
Use these settings CLICK HERE.
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That's it, just re-size your type down to
about half the size and add a drop shadow.
That's it, hope it worked out for
you.
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Here is something I made using
this effect. I applied it to a fancy shape. See what you can
come up with.
