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Start a new document about 600x200.
- Create a new layer
- Use the rectangular marquee tool to make a rectangle
selection, size 455px wide and 90 px high. and fill it with
black (on the new layer)
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- Press CTRL+D to deselect.
- Now apply gradient layer style(Layer->Layer
Style->Gradient Overlay) to this layer, using this setting
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-Create a new layer
- Make a selection similar to the one shown below.
- Then fill it with black, then CTRL+D to deselect
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Now CTRL+Click on "Layer 1" (the first layer), while have
the "Layer 2" selected as the working layer, go to
SELECT->INVERSE , then hit delete, this
will load the original size, and delete the black around
it.
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Now use the polygonal selection tool and make a similar
selection on the black.
Then hit DELETE, to delete the black selected
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Now use the rectangular marquee tool and make a rectangular
select at the left similar to the image below, then fill it
with black. We are making the GRIP for the lightsaber
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Thats your basic shape for the lightsaber. now use the
selection tool and select the following and hit DELETE on
"Layer 1" and 2 to delete the black and bottom layer.
Now, you may want to play around, adding a few more bumps
and grooves onto the handle, i'll leave that up to your
creativity, we'll jump to create the blade now.
Create a new layer at the bottom of "Layer 1" (just above
the background layer).
create a rectangular marquee selection, like below and fill
it in with a color. You will need to resize your document to
wider if you want to see the WHOLE blade.
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Now apply the following layer style to the new layer.
(Layer->Layer Style->...)
Gradient Overlay.
Drop Shadow
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Now, fill the background layer with a dark color, and your
lightsaber will look better.
The following image, I added a few more patterns and shapes
onto the handle. If you want to know what i've done,
DOWNLOAD
THE PSD FILE
Be creative.
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