Help on creating something similar to this?

[sabisgeek]

Hey guys, I have another Photoshop/GIMP question...how would I go about making something like this:



I want something exactly the same except without the icon in the middle.

Thanks!

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[sabisgeek]

Originally Posted by kellyjdrummer

What do you mean by "without the icon in the middle."

Do you want just a straight line with the outer glow?

Yes, but I just can't seem to replicate it in Photoshop, no matter what I do.

[sabisgeek]

See, this is what I get. I can't get the edges curved...

[sabisgeek]

Thanks! I'll try to make my own, and if yours is better, I'll use that. The only problem is that it's not the same opacity, should I lower the opacity of the resulting image once I'm done? Would that work?

Thanks again!

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[sabisgeek]

Yeah, thanks for that. I'm not a beginner in Photoshop, but I'm not a master either. Sorta leaning towards beginner though. Thanks!

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[sabisgeek]

Sorry, I had to go to sleep, then I had school.

I tried my best, and I got this effect.



I think this is almost exactly what I wanted, all I did was follow your steps, with a size 7 brush, then applied a Gaussian Blur of 1, then an outer glow.

Thanks!

[sabisgeek]

Originally Posted by kellyjdrummer

I think I used a 3 size brush. I also decreased the fill of the actual line a bunch to give the outer glow more presence. If you get what you are hoping to be happy with, that's all that counts. Here's one thing I use Photoshop to build. Centennial Restorations home page.

I wish you the best.

Yeah, maybe I should decrease the line's opacity, it looks a little bulky the way it is now.

I checked out the site, and it looks really good, except that it looked a bit too 'shiny' if you know what I mean. Also, I saw the image restorations, and they look great! I didn't know you could do that much with Photoshop!

Thanks for everything!

[sabisgeek]

Originally Posted by kellyjdrummer

The fill of the line, not the opacity. Opacity will dim all effects. Fill will only dim the line, as I stated above.

Yeah, that's what I meant lol.

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[BlakeRey]

Here you go, created one very similar.

What it looks like with that icon.


The actual line thing.


Link:

http://i54.tinypic.com/17fyw9.jpg

Hope this is good enough for you

Enjoy.

[StaticFX]

fyi... you will also want to split the line in half (top/bottom) so when you have an icon it can be in front of the back line. get it?

I tried it quick (I use corel photopaint X5)



then split it in 2



but really.. if you want icons to pop from behind it.. you will need to make a dock as well so the icons can "hide" behind it... then pop up through the slot

ok.. it looked better against a transparent background! lol but.. you get my point right?