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How to create a metal bar with curves

Can someone tell me how to create a metal bar just like the one below that has a gradient and also show how to create 90 degree angles (basically a U)? I can make a straight line that looks like that, but I can't get it to work right when adding the curves.

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Best Regards,

John Saunders

Last edited by JohnSaunders, April 25th, 2005 02:08 AM (Edited 1 times)

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Here is the image

http://bellsouthpwp.net/j/o/johntsaunders/bar.gif

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Best Regards,

John Saunders

What version of Photoshop? I think you should be able to do something like that in layer styles in PS 7 on.

I'm using CS. The problem is that the gradient doesn't follow the curve, it just gets all off like in the image above.

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Best Regards,

John Saunders

Last edited by JohnSaunders, April 25th, 2005 07:12 PM (Edited 1 times)

Make your curved bar white. Then add an inner shadow layer style, adjust this to your liking.

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Or cut it up in three parts. The horizontal bar, the vertical bar and the corner.
The horizontal, you got. The vertical is simply a gradient from another angle. The corner could be a circle/donut with a Radial gradient.
After that, merge them together in any way you like.

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