How to make brushed aluminum text and backgrounds in Photoshop

Added November 17th, 2008 | Posted in Photoshop Tutorials | 2 Comments
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How to Photoshop brushed aluminum text, backgrounds and effects.

I got an email from someone asking for a tutorial on how to make brushed aluminum text in Photoshop. This technique is very easy to accomplish using only a few basic Photoshop tools and filters. We’ll be creating a new document, and using the noise and motion blur filters to create our aluminum. We’ll then [...]

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When designing website layouts in Photoshop, make sure to keep your guides accurate. If not, slicing your layout will not help your cause, and you’ll be pissed off and shitty when nothing lines up properly and you have pixel issues. Accurate guides = accurate slices. Don’t trust Photoshop at 100% zoom though, make sure you zoom into the corner of those slices to make certain they are the precise you want.

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