Create a Gold Necklace in Photoshop Using Filter Forge
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Create a Gold Necklace in Photoshop Using Filter Forge

on Sep 4th 2012 with 13 comments

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You can produce a gold or metallic effect in Photoshop in several ways. Many of those effects, however, take quite a bit of time to produce and sometimes, you just need a quick option. In this tutorial, we will explain how to render a gold necklace using Photoshop and Filter Forge and then apply that render to a photograph. We will begin by explaining how to create the necklace using custom brush settings, then we will explain how to quickly apply a gold texture to our artwork. Finally, we will explain how to add some finishing touches. Let’s get started!

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Filter Forge is a powerful third-party plugin that allows you to apply over 4,000 amazing effects to your images, and even create your own. To learn more about Filter Forge, you can visit their website, download the trial version of the software, or check out their filter gallery.

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Editor’s note: This tutorial was sponsored by Filter Forge.

 
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Grant Friedman is a veteran blogger, social media addict, and design enthusiast. Grant has been blogging about the design industry since 2008 and is currently the editor of Psdtuts. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions about Psdtuts, feel free to direct them to Grant's Twitter account.  

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  • Come On

    Dude…lens flare…really? What is this…1998?

    • Matija

      hehe…. at least some more subtle effect and with Knoll light factory probably.. standard PS flares are so overused since beginning of time :)

    • http://lifebypixels.blogspot.com Mark Heaps

      You know the editors warned me that using a lens flare in this tutorial would create a backlash of comments specifically about that. But considering the final design mirrors a lot of hip-hop artist flyers, etc, I thought it was viable to include it. Especially as big word gold necklaces are a throwback to the late 80s and into the early 90s, the factors fit for me. Of course, you’re free TO LEARN from the tutorial and build it your own, this is after all only a demonstration on Photoshop techniques.

  • http://www.antsmagazine.com/ Unaiz

    Nice tute.. i have been searching for this kind of tutorials…. thanks Grant

  • http://alrazaak.com http://alrazaak.com

    simple awesome tutorial thanks

    • http://lifebypixels.blogspot.com Mark Heaps

      Glad you like it.

  • http://for-said.3dn.ru/ Walpaper_PC

    Hey yo man… its cool, nice

  • Esko

    Lensflare… oh ffs…

  • http://joedmodegraphicdesign.com/ Joe

    This is a good tut . . . why people bother dropping blunt comments about the lens flare . . . quite sad really let alone totally unnecessary, just leave it off if you don’t like it. Also it’s worth remembering your’e visiting a tutorial site – so how amazing is your own creativity? Why not put your creative ego in the drawer and just take something away to learn. Thanks for taking the time to post Grant, I think it looks cool.

    • http://lifebypixels.blogspot.com Mark Heaps

      Thanks Joe, glad you like my tut. You hit the nail on the head, the idea here is to share knowledge so that others can go forward and advance on the techniques shared. I love seeing what people build from the tutorials that I produce for PSDTuts and I hope others can learn and have fun making something from it.

  • http://allsnoringcures.com/ Sisir

    Yes, old or not. Playing with those old tricks sometimes gives birth of great new tricks.

  • Marcos Vasconcelos

    Just epic 4 me! I’m learning how to work with photoshop and this it’s amazing thing!

  • http://blog.printplace.com/ Print Place Blog

    Fantastic tricks! Is there something error on the file? I can’t download the trial version of the plugin.