3D line in Photoshop

In this tutorial we will make a 3D line in Photoshop. Tutorial is very easy and will hardly take 10-15 minute to complete. I will try to use maximum images to make tutorial easy to understand. I have also attached the final PSD file of the tutorial for download for FREE. Below is the final image of the tutorial.

Step 1:
Create a new document (File >> New)

Step 2:
Select “paint bucket tool”

Fill the layer with color #2a2a2a

Step 3:
Select “Line tool”.

Set weight to 1px and color to #000000
Create a new layer, press and hold shift key and draw a horizontal line.

Step 4:
Right click line layer and select “Blending Options”

Apply following layer style.

Now it looks like this:

Step 5:
Create a new layer. Select “rectangular marquee tool”

select a area just above line and of about 50px height.

Select gradient tool.

Set foreground color to #ffffff and following settings.

Press and hold shift key and drag mouse from bottom to top.

Step 6:
Create a new layer. Select marquee tool, drag the marquee selection just below the line.

Select gradient tool and set foreground color to #000000
Press and hold shift key and drag mouse from top to bottom of marquee selection.

Press ctrl+D to deselect marquee selection. Press ctrl key and select all layer except background. Now right click any layers and select “merge layers”.

Now our image looks like this:

Step 7:
Select “rectangular marquee tool” and select area covering line and both gradients.

Right click and select “select inverse”.

Again right click and select “Feather” and set to 10px.

Press delete key 5-6 times. Your image is ready.

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1. reo says:

   March 18, 2010 at 2:15 pm

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2. Jada Guilfoil says:

   March 27, 2010 at 6:53 am

   I wish i could tell more than thanks to you for your post, it is very handy to me for answering my problem now.

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3. Terry says:

   October 30, 2010 at 6:38 pm

   Thanks for the help !

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