Create a 3D effect on a Ring.

1. File/ New OR CTRL & Double-Click in Work Area
• 3 inches by 3 inches
• Resolution: 72 (92 on newer monitors), RGB Mode, Content white
• Increase the workspace by moving the mouse over the bottom right corner, so the mouse turns into a double sided arrow, and then move further right and down. This gives a margin to the area.
2. Get color swatches and select a color.
• Press D on the keyboard and watch your color change to default
• Fill the area with the Foreground Color (Black) by holding ALT and tapping the BACKSPACE key.
• NOTE: If you get a Triangle next to your color on top of window (near the Cancel button), it means this is not a color for the Web. Click on the triangle to give you the closest Web Color.
3. Create a NEW LAYER, by either clicking the NEW icon on the bottom right of the Layers Palette, or by going to Layer-New-NewLayer.
4. Select the Elliptical (circle) Marquee Tool.
• Change the Style to Constrained Aspect Ratio
• Make sure the Option for Feathering is set for 0 Pixels
• Draw a Circle that almost fills the entire work area.
• Pick a favorite color & Fill the area with that color
• Deselect (CTRL-D)
• Draw a Circle that is within the 1st circle, about half the size.
• Click the Delete key
• Deselect (CTRL-D)
5. Select the Ring by using the Magic Wand Tool.
• Click on the Channels Palette
• Create a New Channel, by clicking the NEW icon
• Fill the area with WHITE.
• Add a filter effect, by going to FILTER-BLUR-GAUSSIAN BLUR
• Use a radius between 5-10.
6. Click on Layers Palette & select Layer with the Ring
• Filter / Render Lighting Effects
• Texture Channel: Alpha 1
• Uncheck (Turn Off): White is high
• Intensity: 35, Focus: 69, Gloss: 0, 69, 0, 8 Mountainous: 5-20
• Turn around 180 degrees by grabbing the handles and moving
• Press OK
7. Get rid of extra space around the ring
• Go to Select-Modify-Contract
• Contract by 3 pixels
• Invert the selection by clicking SHIFT - CTRL - I
• Click the DELETE key to get rid of the extra cells
8. Save as Ring in your Photoshop folder
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• First as a PSD (this will come in handy for the Olympic Ring assignment).
• Next save as a JPG or GIF, whichever of these two formats works best for you.
9. Resave as a transparent ring
• Click off the EYE by the Background layer in the Layers Palette
• Go to Save For Web
• Save the file as Ring2
10. You will need these files for the Olympic Ring assignment due later in the week.
11. Show the RING in the Photoshop (PSD) format to me on the screen.