by
deedeeO » Sun Jan 13, 2008 12:16 pm
Hi Kimi,
The article, "Gimme the Bling!" by Corey Barker provides a tutorial on making diamonds. Dec 2007 issue of Photoshop User. Similar effect. And I swear, once this article was released, every scrapper designer was making them. Here is my try with just PSE....but I think to get the true effect for what you are looking for, my demo would need to go to CS2, which I will try later today.
Tell me if I'm close:
I started with a blank grey (727271) background layer. Took the marquee tool and made a round circle. Right clicked, and selected "layer via cut".
Go to BEVELS and select, "simple emboss".. copy that layer. open up your layer style and increase the size of the bevel to 250 pixels; I even added some stroke and drop shadows.
I then wanted to make it shiner, so duplicate the layer again and go to patterns and select "satin overlay". Increase the bevels again by moving the bar to the right.
I also played around with using the glass buttons layer effect, selecting translucent glass.
Here's a heart that I made for you using the glass buttons effect with bevels increased to 250 pixels.
Now, in the photoshop article utilizing CS2/3, once you have your shape cut out, you click on the Add a Layer Style icon and choose Pattern Overlay from the pop up menu. Click the Pattern thumbnail to open the Pattern picker. Choose the Satin pattern. Set the Blend mode to Hard Light, Opacity to 100% and Scale to 25%. Now choose the Inner glow and apply the the following settings:
STRUCTURE:
Blend Mode: Overlay
Opacity: 100%
Noise: 0
And adjust gradient...white on left to translucent to the right...
ELEMENTS:
Technique: Softer
Source: Edge
Choke: 0
Size: 25%
QUALITY:
Contour: Play with this one....to get the look you want (Corey used Ring-Double)
Range: 50%
Jitter: 0%
Finally activate the Bevel, Emboss, and Drop Shadow layer styles. He leaves these settings to default, but for a smooth finish, crank up the Bevels like I mentioned above.