how to make a cylinder

[hangdawg]

yeah how do you make a cylinder like this ive tried using the gaussian blur but mine dont turn out as good as this one heres a pic of a real good one id like to learn how to do it like this http://img827.images...236/pic001z.png

this guy got some skill the ones i make are horrible whats his secret thanks

Edited January 24, 2011 by hangdawg

[ventor1]

yeah how do you make a cylinder like this ive tried using the gaussian blur but mine dont turn out as good as this one heres a pic of a real good one id like to learn how to do it like this http://img827.images...236/pic001z.png

this guy got some skill the ones i make are horrible whats his secret thanks

1. Open a new document

2. Create a hollow rectangle with rounded corners in black with antiliasing disabled

3. On a new layer select the inside of that rectangle with '0' tolerance and apply a liner gradient of blue to white

4. On a new layer create a new rectangle with rounded corners again so that the blue to white gradient is visible around the outside

5. Select the outside of that rectangle and create a black to white linear gradient within the selection.

6. Apply gaussian blur at a setting of 2

7. Run AA's Assistant at 3.

There are many other ways to do this also - this was the first one that came to mind and it took about 2 minutes!

Edited January 24, 2011 by ventor1

[hangdawg]

thanks ill try that does it work like that for a png thanks oh whats Run AA's Assistant

Edited January 24, 2011 by hangdawg

[hangdawg]

and i do have the shape 3 d plugin would that work

[mountnman]

shape 3d does have a cylinder setting with "ball" ends but you wont be able to get that blue outline very easily, it will take several layers and trial and error

[hangdawg]

yeah im making a button that has to be like w 90 h 26 i cant get away from having the pointed ends the one pic shows the one i made compared the the other

[Sarkut]

You can make a circle using the Ellipse tool with Shift key down.

Then make a Rectangular Selection around half of the circle.

Move the selected half horizontally with the Move Selected Pixels tool.

On a new layer connect the two halves with the Line / Curve tool.

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/5356/rebutton01.png

[mountnman]

couple of tuts you might check out

http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/18099-glossy-button-with-images/page__view__findpost__p__309877__hl__button__fromsearch__1

http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/14625-shiny-button/page__view__findpost__p__242658__hl__button__fromsearch__1

the second on especially

[hangdawg]

yeah sarkut is right on with what i want to do but even then it leaves flat spots and where its going to be used it shows bad the comparison and heres the good one in use

[Sarkut]

It looks like the bottom close-up example was made with the

Rounded Rectangle tool rather than the Ellipse tool.

Edited January 24, 2011 by Sarkut

[hangdawg]

well do you think i can make it better somehow

Edited January 24, 2011 by hangdawg

[Djisves]

Darn! Beaten by welshblue in the time it took me to create and upload the images!

Anyway, it was good practise for me for my first tutorial... many years from now

Someone (sorry, I don't remember who) suggested using the line tool in another thread (if I remember right, it was on a tutorial for a "Shield" thread):

Step 1:

Step 2:

Step 3:

End result:

Resize as needed.

Edited January 24, 2011 by Djisves

[Ego Eram Reputo]

Buttons. Fiddle with the 'XY Corners' amounts.

[hangdawg]

yeah it looks like a real good way of doing it but i dont have the outline like you have i have this

Edited January 24, 2011 by hangdawg

[hangdawg]

yeah it looks like a real good way of doing it but i dont have the outline like you have i have this

oh i found it its boltbaits plugin but i need the finished button to be w=90 h=22 by reduceing it distorts the image Edited January 25, 2011 by hangdawg

[Ego Eram Reputo]

The Button plugin I linked to gives you the option of setting the button height and width. It seems a much easier method of making these rounded buttons

[hangdawg]

thanks to all of you ive tried almost all the suggestion sakurt worked real good but ergo that plugin is awesome almost to easy to use heres a after pic using it

but thanks to everyone one and mountain man i bookmarked them tutorials