“Clasp Clamp”

 

 

  1. Open a 400 x 300 pixel image.
  2. Selection tool  – Rounded rectangle.
  3. Draw a rectangle – fill with colour, gradient or pattern.

  1. Delesect.
  2. Select selection tool rectangle and draw a selection on the right ( see example below). Press or click Delete.

  1. Deselect.
  2. Select the selection tool – rounded rectangle again and draw a small rectangle inside the rectangle. Press or click delete.

 

  1. Duplicate layer – mirror images.
  2. Merge visible layers.
  3. Inner bevel is optional, I chose these settings:

 

  1. New layer. Select the rounded rectangle and draw a rectangle.

 

  1. Fill with pattern, gradient or colour.
  2. Selection – floating.
  3. 3D-effects - cutout set to:

  1. Inner bevel with the following settings:

 

  1. Image – mirror.
  2. New layer.
  3. Fill with steel gradient.
  4. Effects – geometrical effects – circle transparent tagged.
  5. Image – resize – enter 27.
  6. Rotate image 90 degrees. Make sure ‘all layers’ in UNtagged.
  7. Inner bevel see step 15.
  8. Drop shadow.

 

 

  1. Merge visible layers and repeat dropshadow only change  blur to 5.

 

© Marank Design 2006

 

~ Translation by Renate Rietveld aka Dragonfly June 2006 ~