Tip 04: Air Brushed Chrome Gradient

Step 1:
- New RGB document at 72 dpi
- Use Type Tool to create some type
- Create new blank layer

Step 2:
- Press "m" to switch to Rectangular Marquee tool
- Draw a rectangular selection slightly larger than your type

Step 3:
- Press "g" to switch to Gradient tool
- In Option bar of Gradient-->click down face triangle to select Gradient picker
(if you can't find it, choose Text Only in the Gradient Picker's in the Gradient
Picker's pop up menu)
- With Gradient Tool, drag from the top to the bottom of your selection to fill it with the Chrome gradient (Blue should appear on top with Brown at the bottom)

Step 4:
- Filter Menu-->Distort-->Wave
- In the Wave dialog box-->set Type to Sine
-->Generator = 2
-->Wavelength = 10
-->Min = 10 Max = 289
-->Amplitude--> Min = 5 Max = 14
leave the Horiz. and Vert. set a 100% Click OK
(note: If you don't like what's you're seeing in the prewiew window, click the Randomize button a fews times)

Step 5:
- Press Control-D to deselect
- Press Control-G to get your gradient in to your type
- Click on your Background layer-->fill with black

Step 6:
- Click on Type layer
- Layer Menu-->Layer Style-->Bevel and emboss
- In the Bevel and emboss dialog box "check" contour
- under Shading-->click the down face triangle next to the Gloss Contour sample to reveal a flyout menu of preset contours. Click on the "tripple ring" contour.
- Turn on the Anti-Aliasing check box. Click OK
- Create new layer (set it above your gradient layer)
- Add some White airbrush glints

That's all !