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I was trying to make a metalic texture cuz every time I try I don't get anywhere close to metal, but I think I got something good this time:eek:
anyway, tell me what you think
I probably won't continue it in this skin, but I will in one soon I think
if I get a chance
school sucks

yeah, looks like brushed metal.

The blurry edge is a bit strange though.

What program did you use? Pain(t)? :eek:

if you use photosop i can tell you hwo to make pretty okay metal

make a new layer, make a gradient with light grey at the top and dark grey at the bottom

load the selection (ctrl+click the layer) and add Noise; amount varies on the size of the selection

then filters>blue>blur

theres some nice metal, its not the best but it isnt bad, i used that on my new skin, then just added black lines on a new layer with white lines offset 1 to the left and 1 down (1 in pixels) and gave the layer softlight for the inset lines. :)

Hey, looks like metal, but i think its smudged a bit awkwordly... (how tha fuck do you spell that?)

Awkwardly. ;)

Anyways, i like it...IMO its a tad blurry though.

Blueballs: To achieve a brushed metal look, a motion blur is much better than a standard blur after adding noise.

really?

thats awkward ( i felt left out)

yea buts thats if u want it o look almost like a crosshatch right?

I used PSP
and I think I did it in a way that is pretty...unconventional (?) I guess for a brushed metal..

I made the shape white
then a small black airbrush on the edges, and a larger gray that covered some in the center
then I created a new layer on top of that and contracted the selection, filled it with white, then gaussian blurred it
I merged the layers then did a motion blur

I think I wasn't orriginally going for a brushed metal, just a metal frame

yeah, I noticed it is a bit blurry...it looked better on my other, crappy computer...:confused:

Thats kinda the way i used to do it. Make a light grey base shape, then airbrush black for shadows, and white for highlights. Then i started to play arround with layer styles (bevel and emboss). I often do that first, then finish off with the airbrush. Seems to give a more 3D effect. This way its much faster... i have been using it for my new site design. I dont mean to steal your thread but for those of you who wana see what im talking about click here

the learning curve is very steep (spelling)
but you sure are getting there :up:
Awkward (could not stay behind) way but a nice result

Looks like blurred brushed metal to me.

Theres so set way to do anything foomonkey so I dont think you can call your way unconvential.

darn...I liked thinking of myself as a rebel;-)

I did some stuff with it...
I sharpened the metal a bit and started the buttons
I think I'll finish it. I kinda like it
I also got rid of the green glow that was on the metal. I'm gonna redo it, but it won't be as prominent

oooo, much better now, me likey :)

nice job

The texture looks better...but the buttons look a little strange.

well I kinda really like the buttons :X
I thought the parts on the metal look neat
and I have special plans for the shuffle button
I'm treating it like 2 seperate buttons...1 for shuffle, 1 for linear (or whatever you call it when it's not on shuffle)

...straight? :)

non random?

as in hetrosexually?
lol

Nice texture...and promising design.

Atmo? Banner to Skin in your sig?

:confused:

i dont get it either

Actually, I tried to find an appropriate word when making The Colour of Money, first I thought of "straight", but someone said it doesn't sound right... I finally used "arrange", which doesn't sound right to me, but who said I should know which word is better? Maybe unshuffle? :p

How about sequential?

they made some very nice music. :D

maybe...ordered?

here's an update

do you think I'm overkilling the circles?
that's kinda what I'm going for
I think I'll call it Circular Overkill

if I look at the title of the attachement, it seems you call it something very diffrent. lol

You could use that circular thing thats going on in the display for a Orb skin. I like that

I like the circles, but I'm not sure about that orange.