This is the second lesson in a series of Photoshop tutorials intended for beginning to intermediate users. In the first lesson we created shape shown in Fig. 1 in our goal to create Fig. 2.

Fig. 1	Fig. 2

Now we will add another layer to the bezel created in Lesson One to give it depth. Create another circle, exactly the same as the original circle you made for the bezel, with the aid of the guides. You may want to make sure that 'Snap to Guides' is selected in the 'View' menu. Create a new layer (CTRL+SHIFT+N), right-click in the circle and select 'Stroke'. (If 'Stroke' isn't available, you need to select either the rectangle or elliptical selection tool.) In the Stroke dialogue box, set the number of pixels to whatever makes you happy (I used two), and make sure to check the 'Inside' radio button. Hit OK. You should now have a circle on top of your bezel. Now select the polygonal lasso tool (located under the standard selection tools on the toolbar). The goal is to create the area marked in red in Fig. 3.

Fig. 3

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