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| Heated
Metal Text
Heated steel or metal tends to have a color to
it like oil. Also it can have a rough damaged surface. That's what
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Select the Type Mask
tool.  Click in the center of the image to bring up the Text
dialog box. Make a big letter and click OK. Center that selection in
the middle of the image. Now make a new layer.
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Fill the selection
with the White to Black gradient in the direction like I have.
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Contract selection
about 3 (Select> Modify> Contract). Press "M" and move the
selection up one pixel and to the left 1 pixel with the arrow keys
on the keyboard. Fill the selection with White to Black gradient in
the opposite direction we did the first time.
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Now go to
Filter>Texture>Grain. Select "Contrast" under grain type. For
Intensity enter 23 and Contrast 59 and click OK. Now go to
Filter>Noise>Add noise. For amount enter 11, Select Gaussian
and leave Monochromatic un-checked. Ok now go to
Filter>Sharpen>Unsharp Mask. For amount enter 340, Radius 1.4,
Threshold 45 and click OK. Deselect Ctrl.-D.
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For the final
effect, Go to Layer>Effects>Drop Shadow and watch your steel
pop out from the background!
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