3. From the Options Bar at the top of the screen, click Subtract from Selection, and draw another circle inside the first, holding the Shift key to constrain, and use the space bar to center it.

4. On the Eyelet layer, fill with a gradient: choose Chrome from the Gradient flyout picker and Radial Gradient in the Options Bar. Start the gradient line in the center of the eyelet ring, hold shift, draw a line straight down ending outside the eyelet ring so the copper color just hits the edge of the ring. Undo and redo until it looks like the screen shot. The chrome will look better if the gradient is off-centered.

5. Type Ctrl-A to select all, and type Ctrl-Shift-C to copy all the layers (background and Eyelet).

6. Click the Channels tab in the Layers Palette to view the Channels Palette. Click the page-looking icon to Create New Channel; the screen will go black and a new channel called Alpha will appear. Type Ctrl-V to paste into this channel.

7. Choose Filters>Blur>Gaussian Blur, radius 3.5, click OK.

8. Click the Layers tab to return to the Layers Palette. Click the background layer. Choose Filters>Render>Lighting Effects.
a. Important: Texture Channel should be Alpha.
b. Center the default spotlight over the eyelet and enlarge or reduce it to give the enough light on the eyelet for high contrast, but not so much it’s too white and washed out. Click OK. Since the preview is difficult to see, undo and repeat this filter until the contrast is correct. You can also back up in the History Palette later to this point and redo this filter if you’d like to change the chroming effect.

9. Important: Double click the Background thumbnail to create a layer, name it Eyelet2.

10. Ctrl-Click on the Eyelet layer to select the ring shape, or right click>Select Layer Transparency. Ctrl>Shift>I to select inverse. On Eyelet2 layer type Delete or Edit>Clear. Delete Eyelet layer by dragging the layer thumbnail to the trash can.

11. Type Ctrl-M or Image>Adjustments>Curves to bring up the Curves dialog box. Click and drag from the 45° angle line to add two points and position to resemble the curve as shown. The exact settings will vary slightly with how you applied your gradient, lighting effects, and personal preference.

12. Type Ctrl-U or Image>Adjustments>Hue/Saturation to bring up the Hue dialog box.
a. Important: check the Colorize box.
b. Change the Hue to around +200 to add a bluish sheen (or whatever color you like, keeping in mind what might be reflecting in the chrome: outdoors, indoors, colored paper, etc.), and lower Saturation to around -21.

13. Double click the Eyelet2 Layer thumbnail to open the Layer Styles dialog box. Add a Drop Shadow and Bevel/Emboss>Inner Bevel. Your chrome effect is complete! Now use this technique on any surface to add metal effects to your layouts.

14. Optional: In this sample I brushed on some light blue on a new layer under the eyelet and added some lighting flares with a star brush on a new layer over the eyelet, as in the Sparkle Trails tutorial.

15. Optional: after step 10, open the Hue/Saturation dialog box, Colorize, and adjust Hue and Saturation to another metal color such as gold, copper, brass, etc before completing the remainder of the tutorial. The Curve used will differ from the one in the tutorial; adjust the settings until you have something you like.