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Gears Cog Wheels

Added: Sep 26, 2005 Level: Beginner Software: Photoshop

Author: Idan Arbel More by this author

Create a new file about 200px on 200px.
Create a big round circle in the middle using the selection tool (Hint: Hold Ctrl+Alt while creating the circle to create a perfect circle.)
Fill it with black. Select black as your foreground color and the press Shift+F5 and Ok.
Add rulers (Ctrl+R) if you don't have them already. And go to Window>Snap and make syre it's checked.
Drag guide lines so your image looks like this:
Next, using the pen tool create anchor points in the center of each guide except the ones inside the circle like so:
Now hold the Alt key with the pen tool selected and pull down from the left anchor point to form a half circle, do so until it snaps to the circle you drew. Do the same with the right anchor just pull up. Now you have a circular path around the black circle.
Create a new layer.
Now Create a new brush by clicking the little black arrow on the right of the brush selection window.
Use these settings:
   Diameter: 35
   Hardness: 100%
   Spacing: 200%
   Angle: 0
   Roudness: 100%
Select the path tool and go to the circular path you created before, right click and select: Stroke Path... and choose Paintbrush as the tool.
Next right click on the path again just time select Hide...
Click on your first layer. Next Ctrl+Click on your second layer, this will select the round circles you just created. Press delete and hide the second layer by click on the eye left of the layer.
Select the marquee tool and go to the center of your circle, hold down Ctrl+Alt and draw a small circle, next press delete and Ctrl+D to deselect.
Ctrl+Click on your first layer select a gradient from black to white and start it at the top left and drag it to the bottom right. Ctrl+D to deselect.
Go to Layers>Layer Effects(Style in ver 6.0)>Bevel And Emboss. Use the default settings.
Noise>Add Noise... and use the settings in the image.
Resize the image to the size of your choice and walla!