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Nice... How 'bout a little tut on the metal :D ?

By the way, I like how to logo flashes, but maybe make it a bit smoother ;) ?

Originally posted by vortex
Nice... How 'bout a little tut on the metal :D ?

By the way, I like how to logo flashes, but maybe make it a bit smoother ;) ?

im not good at explaining things, but here i go.
1. start out with about 512x512 height and width
2. foreground color 60, background color 70
3. set burn and dodge to highlights 20% on both
4. use a 200 size brush and burn all accross the image so its a darker color
5. do the same thing, but with the dodge tool
6. then burn again and make it really dark (not black, but dark)
7. then dodge again, put some randomness in the dodging and burning for variety
8. crop a section of your choice.
9. burn 2 paralel edges with a size 21 brush(top and bottom or left and right)
10. dodge the insides of the burn marks with a size 17 brush
11. turn dodge highlights up to 50% with a size 1 brush, and make random marks around(scraches)
12. (optional) if you want you can get some custom gun scraches brushes for an enhanced effect
13. (optional) get the text tool and make it so it uses a marquee(or whatever you may call it)
14. type in some text, dodge and shade according to your light source
15. play with the brightness and contrast to get to your desired color
16. filter>sharpen
17. pray you have decent metal

if you did it right it should resemble this:


best tutorial i can make. hope it helped

nobody liked my tutorial? :(