Creating Pearls and Metallics in PS CS4

I'm not great with creating or installing brushes and stuff, wondered if someone could walk me through something.

I want to be able to create a flat label that closely resembles actual metallic and pearl automotive finishes. I've been searching for a while came up with something on Adobe's site but I'm baffled as to how to implement it.



This icon shows what the submitter can do, but there's only an option to download a .asl file and I downloaded it... but don't know where it went or how to deploy the technique as there's no instructions.

Anyone have an idea because if I can do what he's doing in the animated icon, that'd be perfect. I'm using Photoshop CS4 on my iMac BTW.

Mike

the asl file should be in your downloads folder

Install it from the styles palette in photoshop

Install Layer Styles in Photoshop | Tutorial9

louishen said:

the asl file should be in your downloads folder

Install it from the styles palette in photoshop

Install Layer Styles in Photoshop | Tutorial9

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OK... Thanks! Turned out that it only works on 3D shapes. I'm trying to get a simple metallic charcoal effect like a Ford Dark Shadow Grey metallic clear coat paint. Is there a way to capture a paint chip and save it as a fill?

Mike