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May 20th, 2009 by ART-D Posted in Adobe Photoshop, Designing

Press Alt button and click between the shadows’ layers and the previous layer on the layers’ panel:





Choose the Pen Tool (P) and the Convert Point Tool to represent a kind of deepening in relief on the symbol’s surface, using the color #656565



Make a mouse click on the same layer on the bottom part of the layers’ panel on Add a Mask selection and take a standard brush of black color and Opacity of 10% to erase the zones containing the deepening.





The layer’s parameters: Blending Options>Stroke



Gradient’s parameters:





On the next new layer we’ll apply the earlier mentioned standard brush to hide an edge of the deepening with the color #D2D0D0.



Make a copy of the earlier represented layer containing the deepening in relief. Select after that the Free Transform option to turn over the copy, placing it the same way as below. Change the basic color on #2D241F and try cleaning out with the usual brush those zones coming out, applying the same method described above.



Create a new layer and select the standard brush of black color and Opacity of 15% to make darker several zones of the dark symbol’s half.



Try to represent next step a small black circle on the white half of the symbol, using the Ellipse Tool (U).



The layer’s parameters: Blending Options>Inner Shadow



Blending Options>Gradient Overlay



Gradient’s parameters:



Blending Options>Stroke





Using the same tool, try to represent a small circle on the dark half of the symbol.



The layer’s styles: Fill 0%, Blending Options>Outer Glow



Blending Options>Gradient Overlay



Gradient’s parameters:

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