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Message: <blockquote data-quote="creativeN" data-source="post: 8592106" data-attributes="member: 224119">23.<img src="http://d2f8dzk2mhcqts.cloudfront.net/198_Compass_Tutorial/final.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Step 1 Create a new document using the settings shown below. <img src="http://d2f8dzk2mhcqts.cloudfront.net/198_Compass_Tutorial/1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Step 2 Drag one horizontal and one vertical guide to the center of the  canvas. Create a new layer and name it "Side." Grab the Elliptical  Marquee Tool, set the Style to Fixed Size and set Width and Height both  to 440 px. Make a selection in the center of the canvas. You can do it  by Alt-clicking where the guides meet. Fill the selection with 40% gray. <img src="http://d2f8dzk2mhcqts.cloudfront.net/198_Compass_Tutorial/2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Step 3 Deselect by hitting Command + D.  Go to Edit > Free Transform  (Command + T.) Set Vertical Scale to 75% and apply. Duplicate the layer  and name it "Top." Move the layer 100 pixels up. You can do it by using  the arrow keys on the keyboard when the Move Tool is selected. While  holding Shift, press the Up Arrow key ten times. Drag another guide from  the top ruler and snap it to the middle of the layer. Next, drag two  more guides from the left ruler, one for the left edge, the other one  for the right. <img src="http://d2f8dzk2mhcqts.cloudfront.net/198_Compass_Tutorial/3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Step 4 Get the Rectangular Marquee Tool and make a selection, as in the  below image. Go to the "Side" layer in the Layers Palette and fill the  selection with 40% gray. Deselect by hitting Command + D. <img src="http://d2f8dzk2mhcqts.cloudfront.net/198_Compass_Tutorial/4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Step 5 Apply a Gradient Overlay Layer Style  to "Side" layer with these  settings: Blend Mode set to Multiply, Opacity at 50%, Gradient set at  black to white, with a style of Linear, Angle set to 180 degrees, and  Scale set at 35%. Create a new layer above the "Side" layer and name it  "Side Reflection." Grab the Rectangular Marque Tool and make three rectangular  selections, as in the below image. Select the first one, then hold down  the Shift key to select the other two. Fill the selection with white.  Deselect by hitting Command + D. Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian  Blur and apply with a Radius of 10 pixels. Now we need to clear the  excess pixels. Command-click the "Side" layer to load the selection and  go to Select > Inverse, then hit Delete to clear. Hit Command + D to  deselect.  <img src="http://d2f8dzk2mhcqts.cloudfront.net/198_Compass_Tutorial/5.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Step 6 Create another layer above the "Side Reflection" layer and name it  "Side Reflection 2." Make two rectangular selections, as in the image  below and fill with white. Hit Command + D to Deselect. Go to Filter  > Blur > Gaussian Blur and apply with a Radius of 15 pixels.  Command-click the "Side" layer thumbnail to load the selection and go to  Select > Inverse to inverse the selection. Hit Delete to clear. Hit  Command + D to deselect.  <img src="http://d2f8dzk2mhcqts.cloudfront.net/198_Compass_Tutorial/6.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Step 7 Create a new layer on top of the Layer Stack and name it "Inside."  Command-click the "Top" layer thumbnail to load the selection and fill  it with the color #e1edfb. Hit Command + D to Deselect. Hit Command + T  to enter Free Transform mode and set the Horizontal and Vertical Scales  to 92%, then apply. <img src="http://d2f8dzk2mhcqts.cloudfront.net/198_Compass_Tutorial/7.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Step 8 Create another layer above the "Inside" layer and name it "Dial."  Command-click the "Inside" layer thumbnail and move the selection 80  pixels down. You can move selections using the arrow keys while the  Marquee Tool is selected. While holding down the Shift key, press the  Down Arrow key eight times. Fill the selection with white. Deselect by  hitting Command + D. We’ll define the "Inside" layer as a Clipping Mask  to the "Dial" layer. Alt-click on the line between "Dial" and "Inside"  layers in the Layers Palette. <img src="http://d2f8dzk2mhcqts.cloudfront.net/198_Compass_Tutorial/8.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Step 9 Command-click the "Inside" layer to load the selection, then Alt +   Command-click the "Dial" layer to subtract from the selection. Now we  have the inside wall selected. Create a new layer above the "Dial" layer  and name it "Inside Reflection." Grab the Gradient Tool and pick the  Silver preset, which is located in the Metals set. Fill the selection  with a gradient, as shown in the image below. Set the layer Blending  Mode to Multiply and Opacity at 25%. Create a new layer at the top and name it "Inside Shade." We’ll use  the Gradient Tool again. This time pick Foreground to Transparent preset  and set black as your Foreground Color. Fill the selection with the  gradient shown in the image below. Hit Command + D to Deselect.  <img src="http://d2f8dzk2mhcqts.cloudfront.net/198_Compass_Tutorial/9.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Step 10 Create a new layer on top and name it "Outer Edge." Command-click the  "Top" layer to load the selection and fill it with white. Make sure a  Marquee Tool is selected and move the selection 1 pixel right and 1  pixel up using the Arrow keys. Now hit Delete to clear. Hit Command + D. Create a new layer above the "Outer Edge" layer and name it "Inner  Edge." Command-click the "Inside" layer and fill the selection with  white. Move the selection 1 pixel left and 1 pixel down. Hit Delete to  clear, then Deselect. <img src="http://d2f8dzk2mhcqts.cloudfront.net/198_Compass_Tutorial/10.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Step 11 Now we need a dial for our compass. You can draw it in a vector program or in Photoshop. I made one and you can download it <a href="http://d2f8dzk2mhcqts.cloudfront.net/198_Compass_Tutorial/compass_dial.png" target="_blank">here</a>.  Just have a look at the image below. The white area is our actual dial.  I mirrored some elements in the dial in the blurred area. I thought it  would be nice if we can see the reflection on the inner surface of the  compass because our compass is reflective, and this area is going to be  the reflection. Open the compass Dial.png. Grab the Elliptical Marquee Tool, set the  Style to Normal and make a circular selection, as in the image below. Go  to Select > Inverse. Now go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur  and apply with a Radius of 2 pixels. <img src="http://d2f8dzk2mhcqts.cloudfront.net/198_Compass_Tutorial/11.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Step 12 Arrange your workspace so that you can see both documents at the same  time. Hold down Shift and drag the dial to your Compass document.  Holding down the Shift will center the dial to the canvas. Rename this  new layer as "Compass Dial" and move this new layer above the "Dial"  layer in the Layers Palette. Hit Command + T, rotate the compass dial 30 degrees, then apply.  Command-click the "Compass Dial" layer to load the selection, and go to  Select > Inverse. Go to Select > Modify > Feather (in CS2 go to  Select > Feather.) Set the Feather Radius to 50 pixels and hit  Delete twice.  Deselect by hitting Command + D. <img src="http://d2f8dzk2mhcqts.cloudfront.net/198_Compass_Tutorial/12.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Step 13 Hit Command + T  and this time set the Vertical Scale to 75%. Now we  should put the dial in the right place. Bringing the Layer Opacity down  to 50% would help us see the dial and the compass at the same time. The  non-blurred area of the dial should overlap with the "Dial" layer. Now  bring back the Layer Opacity to 100%. <img src="http://d2f8dzk2mhcqts.cloudfront.net/198_Compass_Tutorial/13.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </blockquote>

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