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Step 1: Zoom in on the back wheel. In your Tool menu, select the Eliptical Marquee tool.
Step 2: Outline in the inner part of the rim, getting just inside the lip highlight. Copy
and Paste this. (cntrl+C > cntrl+V)
Step 3: While holding down the Alt key, left mouse click and drag the rim over to start creating
the depth for you rim. Keep repeating this to stack your layers untill you're satisfied with your depth. Make sure you leave
the first layer in it's original spot.
- Go back to your first rim layer on your layer menu and right click the small icon for that layer. Choose Select
Transparency. Now hit Select>Inverse or Ctrl+Shift+I.
Step 4:One at a time, select the other wheel layers and hit Delete. This will remove the areas
you don't want. Now we need to brush a new dish. Create a New Layer (Ctrl+Shift+N). Outline the dish
area with the Poly Lasso tool.
Step 5: Now grab the Brush and start brushing over this entire area, first with a solid opacity,
then gradually work to a softer brush. Use the eye dropper by holding down the alt key and clicking
the tone that matches the closest to the section you're working on. You only have to make the brushing fill over the old lines,
we'll add the details next.
Step 6: (This next step will only work for Photoshop users with CS2 or newer. If you don’t have a newer version
of Photoshop, go straight to step 11.)
- Select the first copied rim layer and right click on the Duplicate Layer icon. Click and drag this
new layer to the top of the other rim layers (or ctrl [ ). Drop the opacity to around 40% and then
go to Edit > Transform > Flip Horizontal, then Edit > Transform > Warp. You
want to warp the layer until it follows the arch of the inside face. Only focus on the top portion of the rim for now. Try
and line the spokes up together, and then make the spokes follow the shape of the rim. This will take some practice to get
right.
Step 7: Find your layer for the brushed in dish you did in step 5 (Layer 2). Select the Transparency
for this layer. Select the Inverse (ctrl+shift+I) then go back to your last warped layer you were working
on and hit the Delete key. Now Deselect (Ctrl+D) your outline. Get the Eraser now, set pretty strong with a soft edge. Erase the bottom and any extra portions at the top to blend
it into the background. Your layer should still be around 40% opacity and you can leave it at this or mess with it some more
to get the opacity that looks right for your reflection.
Step 8: Repeat step 6 to duplicate another rim reflection layer, but this time line it up for the bottom spoke and
the lower half of the rim. Try and line up these last 2 layers as close as possible where they intersect. This can be a bit
tricky, so practice a few times, and rewarp a new layer as many times as you need to achieve the look you want.
Step 9: Repeat step 7 to Select the Inverse and Delete your excess parts
you don't want for this lower part. I try and erase as much as I can to just leave a hint of the reflected spokes.
Step 10: I need to spend more time where my 2 layers intersect, but you get the idea. If you need to, you can always
add another layer on top of these and brush in extra highlights or shadows to create more depth.
Like always, there are other ways to achieve similar effects. Some may even be simpler than the way I described, but this
method works for me, and is how I do most of my deep dish extensions.
Option #2 - Brushing in your reflections
Step 11: Create a New Layer (Ctrl+Shift+N), now grab the Poly Lasso tool
and make an outline for the reflected area.
Step 12: Use the Brush tool to fill in your new outline. By holding down the Alt key, you can
activate the eye dropper to select a color from the rim closest to the reflection area you're filling.
Use several passes with the brush with different color selections from the rim to achieve some thing that looks relatively
close to the inner trim.
Step 13: Since this rim has extra details around the edge, I'm going to add some extra brushing to try and give more
realism to my reflection. With the Poly Lasso tool, make outlines of the sections you want to darken.
Step 14: Select a color within the details that you are reflecting. Either brush in the new
color, or in this case, use Edit > Fill (shift F5).
Step 15: Still doesn't quite look like a reflection yet, but if you take the Smudge tool, with
a small soft brush size, you can draw the edges furthest away from the center to give them a blurred look. Take your time,
and make small passes untill the edges fade out and blend with the layer behind it. I also used the Eraser
with a soft edge to blend the edges and the whole reflection better.
Step 16: For that last little touch, I'll go back in with a very small Brush, set on something
almost white or a highlight from the rim to brush in highlights in the reflection, The smaller the better, and the more time
you take, the better it will turn out.
If you have any questions about this, feel free to e-mail me. I'll try my best to clear up anything that might confuse you.
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