Silver Effect, Beveled Text Logo
First start off with a 500 by 110 pixel document. Select the gradient tool, and set your foreground color to a light gray (#cccccc) and your background color to a darker gray (#999999).
Drag your gradient from the upper left corner to the lower right corner. You should end up with something like this:
Create a new layer, (Ctrl+N) and switch the foreground colors, (the “x” key) Then select your rounded rectangle tool. (You should right-click on the rectangle tool) Then draw a large rounded rectangle in the center on the canvas. It should look mostly like this:
Now we make the rectangle more attractive. Right-click on the layer with your rounded rectangle, and select “Blending Options”
Apply these settings:
You should now have an image of this sort:
Now add a new layer, (Ctrl+N), and create another rounded rectangle (using a darker gray #999999), only smaller this time:
We should also make this inner rectangle more attractive:
Again, right click on the layer, and click “blending options”
Apply the following settings:
This should be your look as of now:
Lets add some text: I chose white, Arial, 36 pt. font.
Now we can spice up the text:
Once again, right-click the layer, and select “Blending Options”
Use these settings:
This should be the final outcome of it all. Enjoy the chrome pipes!
