Brushed Metal Plaque Tutorial
by Whisper

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Add a new layer.

Set your gradient at:
Chrome2
Sunburst
Horizontal & Vertical 50
Repeats 0

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Using your selection tool at the same settings draw a circle about 15 x 15.

Flood fill with the gradient.

Selections > Select none.

Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow > these settings:
Vertical & Horizontal 0
Opacity 75
Blur 5.9
Color black

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Add a new layer.

View > Zoom in by 1.

Set your foreground Styles box to a medium gray (I used #404040) and your background to null.

Set your draw tool at:
Single line
Width 2
Antialias checked
Normal line style

Draw a line about 10 pixels long either vertically or horizontally in the center of the screw.

Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow > these settings:
Vertical & Horizontal 1
Opacity 100
Blur 1
Color white

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Turn off your plaque layer.  Activate one of the other two layers (one should be the screw and the other the little line).

Layers > Merge > Merge visible.

Right click on this new merged layer and duplicate it 3 times.

Using your mover tool, move the screws into place - wherever you wish.

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Layers > Merge > Merge visible.

Now your plaque is ready for decoration.

Save with a background to your liking as a .gif or .jpg.

Thanks for doing my tutorial!

Here is a couple of finished plaques of mine:

    
The left one was colorized with the Variations filter and the right one was colorized with the Manual Color Correction feature of PSP7.

If you would like to learn how to make the cutout text click here.

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