Basic Metal Pipe
How to make a basic chromey pipe, good for using on clan templates.

author:
  Eli
title:
  Basic Metal Pipe
date:
  Thu 27 April 2006
category:
  Web Layout and Design
credits:
 


Begin

Well start off by making a new document size 450 x 450px with a resolution of 72.
Now fill the background with a very dark color - #111111



Make a rectangle

Make a new layer and make a wide short selection


My selection is actually a set size of 340 x 22px.
Now since you've got a new layer and a new selection, fill it with #5E5E5E



Dodge tool

Well basically the only tool you need for making a chromey bar is the Dodge tool


So get the dodge tool and set these settings for it





Highlighting

With the dodge tool, hold shift and go from the right side to the left, in the middle and at the top and bottom a bit


Now a bit more to highlight it some more






Burn tool

The Burn tool is used to darken areas realisticly similar to the Dodge tool, get the Burn tool which is under the same section as the Dodge tool


Use similar settings to these:




Shading

With the Burn tool, burn a bit near the bottom and top, remember to hold shift then drag all the way over to the left to get straight, even strokes.




Rust

For rust just create a new layer over the bar layer, make sure the selection is still there (If it isn't, hold CTRL and click the thumbnail of the 'bar' layer,) and brush with brown and yellow, and set the layer mode to overlay.
Also other good methods for rust is Filter > Noise



PSD is included so you can see how I did the rust.

PSD

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