clip_image051

Step 26

Repeat steps 21 to 25 for the left reflection.

clip_image053

Step 27

It looks pretty good now so let’s start adding the details. Notice that a city is reflected in the metallic apple but the apples are placed in a white background. That’s not too good. Let’s add some city background. Open file “City” and press Ctrl + A to select all and Ctrl + C to copy. Paste it in our document (Ctrl +V).

clip_image055

Step 28

Press Ctrl + T to Free Transform and make this layer bigger by holding Shift and dragging from the corners so only the left bottom half of the image will be visible.

clip_image057

Step 29

Apply a 25px Gaussian Blur to the city layer (Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur) so it won’t distract us from the main element – the metal apple.

clip_image058

Step 30

Turn off the visibility of the city layer and using the pen tool carefully make a selection like the one shown below. After that feather the selection by choosing Select > Modify > Feather and entering 2px in the dialog box.

clip_image060

Step 31

Turn the visibility of the city layer back on and add a layer mask by choosing Layer > Layer Mask > Reveal All. Press D to set default colors and press Ctrl + Backspace to fill with black, Ctrl + D to deselect and Ctrl + I to invert. You should have the city placed nicely behind the apples and in the process we also made something that resembles a corner (in the right of the image).

clip_image062

Step 32

To add some realism to our scene let’s add an apple worm to the metallic apple. First let’s make the hole. Select the Elliptical Marquee Tool and Hold shift while dragging to make a perfect circle. Create a new layer (Ctrl + Shift + Alt + N) and fill this selection with any color you want (press Alt + Backspace).

clip_image064

Step 33

Double-click this layer you just created and drag the Fill slider all the way to the left. Add some Inner Shadow, Inner Glow and Color Overlay.

clip_image066

Step 34

Open file “Worm” and using the Quick Selection tool make a selection of the worm. Press Ctrl + C to copy and Ctrl + V to paste it in our document. Use Free Transform (Ctrl + T) to resize and place the worm like shown below (just over the hole).

Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

27 responses to “How to Create a Photo-Realistic Metal Apple in Photoshop”

  1. werqw Avatar
    werqw

    boo boo bam

  2. Sharon Johnston Avatar
    Sharon Johnston

    Hi I couldn’t download the Metallic Ball. I received an” Imagine could not be loaded” message. Is there another way to download this image?

    1. Colton Stibbins Avatar
      Colton Stibbins

      Mrs. Johnston? you probably don’t remember me but I think I am one of your 4th grade students.

  3. Sharon Johnston Avatar
    Sharon Johnston

    I tried to download the metallic ball and was told Image could not be found..

  4. Jair Pereira Ibañez Avatar
    Jair Pereira Ibañez

    I like me!

  5. carl Avatar
    carl

    Enjoyed it!

  6. Lucie Ondrušková Avatar
    Lucie Ondrušková

    Great tutorial, I learned a lot!

  7. Normen Avatar
    Normen

    THX! I did an awsome metallic cherry :)

  8. Maidul Islam Avatar
    Maidul Islam

    Amazing. . Very nice, thanks for sharing…………….

  9. Kenna Avatar
    Kenna

    Nice tutorial. Only think I didn’t like is that you kept forgetting to tell us when to add layer masks…

  10. Habib Avatar
    Habib

    techniques and ideas was great

  11. Victoria Avatar
    Victoria

    The detail in this is amazing

  12. Lidka Avatar
    Lidka

    This is fantastic!

  13. xilan Avatar
    xilan

    forgot to fix the white triangles at the bottom of the apples curve

  14. diego Avatar
    diego

    amazing work!

  15. apple Avatar
    apple

    Great!

  16. apple Avatar
    apple

    Great! I learned from it..

  17. dd Avatar
    dd

    Very nice tutorial..
    khupach chhan explain kelele ahe

  18. shan Avatar
    shan

    fantastic!

  19. Salai Avatar
    Salai

    This is really good thank you sir.

  20. reo Avatar
    reo

    Nice, but the light sides (non-adjacent) of two non-metallic apples was left unfixed thus it didn’t jibe to the light source ‘you’ have indicated.

    1. goodquestion Avatar
      goodquestion

      no

  21. Gogo Avatar
    Gogo

    Exvellent tutorial!!! I like the fact that you are focusing on details!

  22. Lisa Lampe Avatar
    Lisa Lampe

    Impressive tutorial, Adrian!

  23. bijesh Avatar
    bijesh

    Good..!

    1.  Avatar
      Anonymous

      how do you un-desaturate

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Discover more from Photoshop Tutorials

Get the latest Photoshop tutorials, download and updates delivered to your inbox.

Continue reading