Post by stinky666 on Jan 13, 2006 8:45:35 GMT -5
1. Create a new image 4x4 pixels and using the pencil tool, draw something like below:
2. Go Edit > Define Pattern and press [enter]
Part II – The Hole
1. Open your Interface and find a nice place to add this detail to. Holes are a good way to drastically take away any “open” areas on your interface. My interface is a flat layer of #333333 so that is what I will work with. From now on, I will call the already existing interface (or in my case my background) the “background.”<br>
2. Choose the circle marquee tool. Look at its options on the top of the Photoshop window. There should be “Style:” with a dropdown.
From the dropdown, select Fixed Size. For the “Width” put 42 and for the “Height” put 42. Make a selection with this on the background.
3. Create a new layer named “edge.” Press D to reset the color palette. Choose the gradient tool and choose the settings of “linear” gradient going from black to white. Make sure Reverse is not checked.
4. Draw a gradient by clicking the bottom right of the selections circumference and dragging to the top left of the circumference. Do not deselect after doing the gradient.
5. You should have something like above. Now go Select > Modify > Contract and contract 1 pixel.
Create a new layer named “circle” and draw a gradient by clicking the top left of the selections circumference and dragging to the bottom right of the circumference.
6. Now on the layer palette, Ctrl click layer “circle” then click on layer “edge.” Press [delete]. Change both layer “circle” and layer “edge”s blending mode to overlay
7. Choose the circle marquee and change the fixed width to 30 and height to 30. make a selection in the middle of the circle like the sample below.
Make a new layer named “hole” and go Edit > Fill. Fill the selection with the pattern you made in Part I.
8. Right click layer “hole” in the layer palette and go to the “Blending Mode”<br>
Add these layer styles:
(Click To Enlarge)
Part III – Grime (Optional)
1. Select layer “circle.” Choose the burn tool. It is right under the gradient/paintbucket tool. It looks like a hand. The burn tool “darkens” the things it touches. Change the settings of the burn tool to:
Brush: 1px
Range: Midtones
Exposure: 100%
Airbrush: Not selected
2. Burn the bottom part of layer circle as if there were grime coming out of it.
3. Now select the background and burn the part under the circle to make it like the grime went on the background. Follow the sample if you wish.
(And your done)
2. Go Edit > Define Pattern and press [enter]
Part II – The Hole
1. Open your Interface and find a nice place to add this detail to. Holes are a good way to drastically take away any “open” areas on your interface. My interface is a flat layer of #333333 so that is what I will work with. From now on, I will call the already existing interface (or in my case my background) the “background.”<br>
2. Choose the circle marquee tool. Look at its options on the top of the Photoshop window. There should be “Style:” with a dropdown.
From the dropdown, select Fixed Size. For the “Width” put 42 and for the “Height” put 42. Make a selection with this on the background.
3. Create a new layer named “edge.” Press D to reset the color palette. Choose the gradient tool and choose the settings of “linear” gradient going from black to white. Make sure Reverse is not checked.
4. Draw a gradient by clicking the bottom right of the selections circumference and dragging to the top left of the circumference. Do not deselect after doing the gradient.
5. You should have something like above. Now go Select > Modify > Contract and contract 1 pixel.
Create a new layer named “circle” and draw a gradient by clicking the top left of the selections circumference and dragging to the bottom right of the circumference.
6. Now on the layer palette, Ctrl click layer “circle” then click on layer “edge.” Press [delete]. Change both layer “circle” and layer “edge”s blending mode to overlay
7. Choose the circle marquee and change the fixed width to 30 and height to 30. make a selection in the middle of the circle like the sample below.
Make a new layer named “hole” and go Edit > Fill. Fill the selection with the pattern you made in Part I.
8. Right click layer “hole” in the layer palette and go to the “Blending Mode”<br>
Add these layer styles:
(Click To Enlarge)
Part III – Grime (Optional)
1. Select layer “circle.” Choose the burn tool. It is right under the gradient/paintbucket tool. It looks like a hand. The burn tool “darkens” the things it touches. Change the settings of the burn tool to:
Brush: 1px
Range: Midtones
Exposure: 100%
Airbrush: Not selected
2. Burn the bottom part of layer circle as if there were grime coming out of it.
3. Now select the background and burn the part under the circle to make it like the grime went on the background. Follow the sample if you wish.
(And your done)
