Creative Effects Challenge No. 65 - Copper Etching Effect

[Sydney]

I love everyone's work. I went off the rails with the instructions somewhere along the line and am going to have another go when I get a chance.

[Lillias]

fotofrank I love that font. It fits in well with the seasonal greetings.

Sydney thanks for trying the tut. I hope you had fun and enjoyed it. It looks good.

[Lillias]

I thought I'd try again this time with another metal - I have given this one what I choose to call the Satin Finish Stainless Steel look...lol


pics from Pixabay

[Fauxtoto]

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It kind of misses the carving illusion, but it is a try. An other time maybe. However, fun to do, learing different things, and nice pictures from many. 

[ritage]

Lillias,  I tried to figure out how you did the silver version.

I put a black layer above the Chrome Gradient set to Hue Blend Mode  (Saturation and Color also work).  Left out the Noise.  Is that what you did, or did you make a different Gradient ?

This is the Silver Fox, and I'm the copy-cat.

Rita

 

[Lillias]

Fauxtoto I love gorillas so you picked a great subject. He doesn’t look half bad there at all. Thanks for trying the tut.

ritage I love this. You went to a lot more trouble than I did but your way works too. I just went to the gradient tool and under the Metals tab I chose Silver. Then I edited it in the same way as the Copper one. From memory I think I did put a little noise on mine and blurred it. I believe that part can be done better in the full PS as opposed to PSE but PSE is what I have so…

'I'm the copy-cat' they do say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery so thank you so much.

[Sepiana]

Dec 23, 2017 15:46:36 GMT ritage said:

Lillias,  I tried to figure out how you did the silver version.

I put a black layer above the Chrome Gradient set to Hue Blend Mode  (Saturation and Color also work).  Left out the Noise.  Is that what you did, or did you make a different Gradient ?

Dec 23, 2017 17:58:09 GMT Lillias said:

I just went to the gradient tool and under the Metals tab I chose Silver. Then I edited it in the same way as the Copper one.

Here are two more possibilities:

You can use the Copper gradient from the original tutorial and apply a Hue/Saturation layer to desaturate the gradient or change it to a different color (as shown in the tutorial below).

photoshopcafe.com/tutorials/Brushed_Metal/brushed.htm

OR

You can create a silver/stainless gradient from scratch.

www.psdgraphics.com/tutorials/metal-texture-photoshop-tutorial/

Dec 23, 2017 17:58:09 GMT Lillias said:

From memory I think I did put a little noise on mine and blurred it. I believe that part can be done better in the full PS as opposed to PSE but PSE is what I have so…

Elements can handle applying noise and blur to an image as well as its big brother, Photoshop. The Add Noise filter has the same options in both programs. The only difference between the two is that Photoshop has one more option in the Filter>Blur menu -- Shape blur. But this wouldn't be used to create this effect anyway.

[ritage]

Dec 23, 2017 17:58:09 GMT Lillias said:

Lillias, actually I went to a lot less trouble.  3 clicks: fill a layer with black, change the blend mode, merge with the original gradient layer.  No editing involved. 

 But I'll try your method now.  It might come in handy for something else.  True-looking silver is always hard to make.  Gold is much easier.

Sepiana,  the Hue/Sat method was my first idea, but I couldn't get a true silver with it, there always was a blueish tint.    

Anyway, we all got there

Rita

PS I don't  know how I lost the quote and I don't know how to insert t now.  This happened to me before. 

[Lillias]

Dec 23, 2017 18:48:45 GMT Sepiana said:

Here are two more possibilities:

You can use the Copper gradient from the original tutorial and apply a Hue/Saturation layer to desaturate the gradient or change it to a different color (as shown in the tutorial below).

photoshopcafe.com/tutorials/Brushed_Metal/brushed.htm

OR

You can create a silver/stainless gradient from scratch.

www.psdgraphics.com/tutorials/metal-texture-photoshop-tutorial/

Thank you for these links Sepiana.

[fotofrank]

Or you could use the built in metal gradients in elements

[Lillias]

Dec 23, 2017 21:13:59 GMT fotofrank said:

Or you could use the built in metal gradients in elements

It was the Silver metal gradient in Elements that I used for mine fotofrank. This is a great all action one, love it.

[Fauxtoto]

Dec 23, 2017 17:58:09 GMT Lillias said:

Thanks for trying the tut.

My pleasure. Thanks to you, BillieJean, for presenting this tut to us, and for following up.  

[Lillias]

Here I am again. As I said at the beginning of this thread I find this addictive but this is definitely my last.

I thought I might create my own belt buckle
Kit used - Legends of Scotland by Indigo Designs and a couple of items of my own.

[moss]

Hi Lillias,  this is amazing you have certainly perfected this technique. I can’t wait to give it a go. Thanks for sharing this challenge. 

[Lillias]

Thank you so much moss. I hope you enjoy it.