Wire Tutorial

2. Now, to make the pen tool layer a normal layer, create a new layer below the pen tool layer, then merge the two layers.
Hold ctrl and click on your layer to select it. Then go select - modify - contract and choose 7 pixels.

3. Now you got a black stroke looking thing. Remove the corners on each side to make it a wire looking thing with no ends.

4. After step 3, your wire should look somewhat like this:

5. Now add these layer styles:

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6. Now your wire should look somewhat like this:

7. I played around for a bit and came up with a nice, funny looking effect! :-)