Old Metal Effect (Revised)
Software : Photoshop CS2
Level : Advance

Concept: This is an interesting effect created using Adobe Photoshop where the metal is painted and the paint is vanished after some years. The bits and pieces of paint remained on the old metal. You need to carefully choose the color for this lesson. You have lots of scope for the choice of color and fonts. Keep on working with filters and image adjustment commands till you get realistic old metal effect of your own choice other than this.

1. Create new file with white background. Type the text.

2. Fill it with the color resembles to stone. Try the last row of color swatches.

3. Layer > Layer Style > Bevel & Emboss
( depth 700 size 5 Chisel Hard)

4. Filter > Noise > Add Noise
(Amount 16 Uniform Monochromatic )

Say OK when asked for Rasterize.

5. Filter > Distort > Ocean Ripple (size:9 magnitude:9)
(Remember to keep Black as a background Color)

6. Layer > Layer Style > Drop Shadow