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The next thing to do is to give the band the brushed metal look similar to the case. First, make sure that the layer on which you created the band is selected. To do this effect we will use the ‘Add Noise’ filter which can be found under Filter > Noise > Add Noise. In the ‘Add Noise’ dialogue box, set amount to 10, distribution to uniform, and check the box that says monochromatic. Select ok to process the filter. Now we will blur the image using the ‘Motion Blur’ filter, this can be found under Filter > Blur > Motion Blur. In the motion blur dialogue box angle should be set to either 90 or -90, and distance should be set to 10. Hit ok to render the effect. This will give the band a grained finish. To make this finish appear metallic, we need to adjust the levels. Again, the levels are located under Image > Adjust > Levels. Adjust your levels so that the color of the band matches the color of the watch bezel. I adjusted mine to 20 : 1.00 : 235, you may want to play with these settings a little to get a good match. You should now have an image that looks like Fig. 3
Fig. 3
Because the shading is going to be different on the top and bottom bands, you need to make a copy of the band before we shade it. To do this, right click on the layer the band resides on and select ‘Duplicate Layer’. A new layer will be created, make sure this new layer is selected, and then go to the Edit menu, select ‘Transform’, and ‘Flip Vertical’. The last step is not really necessary, but we want to have some variation between the textures. Now that we have a copy of the band, move the copy up to the top of the watch so that it will become the upper left band of the watch.
To shade the watchband we will use another filter called Lighting Effects. This filter can be found under Filter > Render > Lighting Effects. When you open this filter, you will notice that there is a preview window on the left hand side that shows whatever is on the current layer (the watch band), and some settings on the right hand side. The first setting we need to change is the ‘Light type’ setting. Change this setting to omni. On the left hand side, in the preview section, we want to move the location of this light to just above the center of our watchband. This will create the illusion of a curve. To move the light, click and hold the center point of the circle and drag it to where you want it. Make the circle smaller by clicking and dragging any of the points on the outside of the circle towards the center of the circle. Make sure that the entire piece of the watchband is within the circle. Make the settings on the right as follows (see Fig. 4): Intensity (amount of light coming from the source): 21 ; Gloss(creates reflections of white light to imitate shininess): 60 ; Material (amount of light reflected vs. shadows): 100 ; Exposure (amount of detail exposed by the light, 0 is perfect): 0 ; Ambience (amount of light reflected from other sources): 7. Now we need to do this for the image on the top. Select the layer that contains the band that you copied. Use the same lighting effects filter, only this time increase the intensity by one to 22, and move the center of the circle just under the center of the upper watchband. You should now have something that looks like Fig. 5.
Fig. 4
Fig. 5
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