Creating metal objects in PS7.

[Reverend]

I've got the metal texture creation figured out, but what I'm stuck on is making objects, or, at the least, spiffy looking images that are more than just a single textured wall with a little grungie text or such on it. How could one go about adding, say .. a 30 pixel metal border, making the original background look deeper, and maybe adding some cross-bars with bolts? I've been tooling around in PS7 for hours and can't quite figure it out. (Note: I no pro with photoshop, and if I were to choose a label, I'd consider myself a mild-novice, just a few steps up from amateur. heh.)

 

[ljiljana]

Hello, Reverend

Check this out:

http://www.photoshopgurus.info/experienced/navDesign/section2/nD_section2-overView.shtml


and this:
http://www.photoshopgurus.info/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3861&highlight=toxin

Hope this helps.

 

[Moth]

Thanks for posting those links, ljiljana!

Reverend, welcome to the forum. The folks around here love to see what people paint. Post what you come up with.