How can I apply gradient to a hoop shape

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Atreju
Dec 19, 2005
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I have a hoop shape, well it is not symmetrical, but basically a hoop. If I must make it symmetrical first, I don’t mind.
What I need to do is create a 3-D look by applying a gradient which starts in the middle of the actual hoop’s ring and spreads out to the edges, equally on inside and outside. I want the gradient to flow throughout the hoop consistently, so it looks like a 3-D hoop.

I know I could probably do this in something like 3dsMax, but I don’t know how to use that.

Any practical way in Photoshop?

An example of my shape can be found here:

http://danspage.tallerworks.com/hoop_gradient_crop.jpg

Thanks if anyone has any advice.

—Atreju—
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Mike Russell
Dec 19, 2005
"Atreju" wrote in message
I have a hoop shape, well it is not symmetrical, but basically a hoop. If I must make it symmetrical first, I don’t mind.
What I need to do is create a 3-D look by applying a gradient which starts in the middle of the actual hoop’s ring and spreads out to the edges, equally on inside and outside. I want the gradient to flow throughout the hoop consistently, so it looks like a 3-D hoop.
I know I could probably do this in something like 3dsMax, but I don’t know how to use that.

Any practical way in Photoshop?

An example of my shape can be found here:

http://danspage.tallerworks.com/hoop_gradient_crop.jpg

Thanks if anyone has any advice.

Copy the shape to its own layer, making the background transparent, You can then use the Bevel and Emboss effect to get a variety of 3d shading effects. —

Mike Russell
www.curvemeister.com
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Bill Hilton
Dec 19, 2005
Atreju writes …

What I need to do is create a 3-D look by applying a gradient which starts in the middle of the actual hoop’s ring and spreads out to the edges, equally on inside and outside. I want the gradient to flow throughout the hoop consistently, so it looks like a 3-D hoop. Any practical way in Photoshop?

Go to the Gradient tool and select ‘radial gradient’ and draw a line from the center of the shape …

An example of my shape can be found here:

Here’s a simple example using your shape with red as the fill color … http://members.aol.com/bhilton665/hoop_gradient.jpg … by masking and using the gradient tool options you can probably do what you described much better than this … I just selected the blue circle with magic wand, did cntrl-j to put the circle on a new layer and applied the gradient underneath this shape layer …

Bill
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iehsmith
Dec 19, 2005
On 12/19/05 11:56 AM, Bill Hilton commented:

Atreju writes …

What I need to do is create a 3-D look by applying a gradient which starts in the middle of the actual hoop’s ring and spreads out to the edges, equally on inside and outside. I want the gradient to flow throughout the hoop consistently, so it looks like a 3-D hoop. Any practical way in Photoshop?

Go to the Gradient tool and select ‘radial gradient’ and draw a line from the center of the shape …

An example of my shape can be found here:

Here’s a simple example using your shape with red as the fill color … http://members.aol.com/bhilton665/hoop_gradient.jpg … by masking and using the gradient tool options you can probably do what you described much better than this … I just selected the blue circle with magic wand, did cntrl-j to put the circle on a new layer and applied the gradient underneath this shape layer …

Bill

Or just apply Layer Style>Inner Glow
imagessence.com/imageviewer/innerglow.gif

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