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1. Re: create "seamless steel pipe" border ???
Steve Fairbairn Mar 22, 2011 2:44 PM (in response to Mark Embrey)Here's one way, a bit old-fashioned but it works.
Draw your frame as a rounded rectangle with a heavy (black) stroke.
Copy and paste to front; colour it (white), give it a light stroke and offset it a bit.
Blend between the two with Smooth Color.
You can also make an art brush for this kind of thing but this has the advantage of being dead simple.
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2. Re: create "seamless steel pipe" border ???
Mark Embrey Mar 22, 2011 3:34 PM (in response to Steve Fairbairn)Steve,
thanks! that was just what I needed!
best,
Mark
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3. Re: create "seamless steel pipe" border ???
Jacob Bugge Mar 22, 2011 4:02 PM (in response to Mark Embrey)MCE,
.. and then still I don't know how to have the desired result have a "3D" look as you would expect of a pipe.
As always, Steve is overly modest: that is exactly what you get with his suggestion, as opposed to an Artbrush.
You can also make an art brush for this kind of thing but this has the advantage of being dead simple.
Apart from being simple, it gives the 3D look with the light at an angle, as opposed to an Art Brush which (symmetric or not) corresponds to getting the light straight in from the front.
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4. Re: create "seamless steel pipe" border ???
Steve Fairbairn Mar 22, 2011 4:26 PM (in response to Jacob Bugge) -
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6. Re: create "seamless steel pipe" border ???
JETalmage Mar 22, 2011 7:17 PM (in response to Steve Fairbairn) -
7. Re: create "seamless steel pipe" border ???
Steve Fairbairn Mar 23, 2011 12:50 AM (in response to JETalmage)JET:
Yep, I thought it must've been one of yours. Recognized the style :-)
Steve.
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8. Re: create "seamless steel pipe" border ???
Rodieck Sep 19, 2011 3:58 PM (in response to Steve Fairbairn)This illustration by JET is just what I am trying to do, but I'm having trouble with the second step. I've create a pipe design using blend, as shown in step 1. Then I've copied this design and expanded it. I've then created an outline of the end of the pipe, by uniting the similarly sized rectangle and an ellipse. But it's the cropping that I'm having trouble with.
I have placed the pipe end shape layer on top of the expanded pipe shape layer, selected both layers, and used crop from the transform panel. This does create the shape that I want, but now the blend disappears. So now I'm left with a transparent object
-- I've tried so many variations including using intersect instead of crop that I've thoroughly confused myself, but I still can't figure out what I'm doing wrong, or not doing right.
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9. Re: create "seamless steel pipe" border ???
steel pipes Jul 9, 2012 6:47 AM (in response to Mark Embrey)1.steve fairbairn is right....
You can also make an art brush for this kind of thing but this has the advantage of being seamless pipe dead simple.
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10. Re: create "seamless steel pipe" border ???
steel pipes Jul 9, 2012 6:50 AM (in response to Mark Embrey)and then still I don't know how to have the desired result have a "3D" look as you would expect of a pipe.
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11. Re: create "seamless steel pipe" border ???
[scott] Jul 9, 2012 9:34 AM (in response to steel pipes)In CS6 simply apply a gradient to the stroke.








