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Custom Coins

 

In this tutorial Corey creates a realistic-looking coin effect using the channels palette and the lighting effects filter.

Corey Barker

Corey Barker is Executive Producer of PlanetPhotoshop.com and is an Education and Curriculum Developer for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals. Corey has also made numerous appearances on the highly rated podcast, PhotoshopUser TV, and is co-host of Layers TV.

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33 Comments

  1. sanjeev said on — April 19, 2008 @ 3:18 am

    Nice one corey thanks for this came in real use :P

  2. Gideon Greene said on — April 19, 2008 @ 4:28 am

    Hi there I just wanted to compliment you on the newest video addition you uploaded, you did a great job at creating this and commend you for the technique. I have seen this done before but a poor recreation at best. i truly enjoy your videos and i am glad that i bumped into your site by accident.

  3. umar said on — April 19, 2008 @ 7:31 am

    its nice and cool

  4. Chad said on — April 19, 2008 @ 8:57 am

    How about a dollar bill now? Its too hard to counterfeit coins :)

    This effect could be used in making etchings into photgraphed trees or mountains, you think? I’d really like to see what mount Rushmore looks like with my face instead :)

    Thanks for all your free lessons you’ve defiantly inspired me and many others i’m sure. I’ve become huge a planetphotoshop fan.

  5. Ray Labbe said on — April 19, 2008 @ 3:17 pm

    Is there a short cut to toggle between tools in the too pallet?
    let say i type “L” for lasso tool, but i want the Magnetic lasso tool is there a way to scroll down?

    Thanks Ray

  6. carine said on — April 20, 2008 @ 2:09 am

    wow corey, this tutorial is great! can we make it also in PSE?
    you are a PS wizard (miss you on pse user tuts)

  7. Carl said on — April 21, 2008 @ 8:23 pm

    Yes! Thank you, I’ve been trying to do this properly for weeks. Didn’t think about using alpha channels. Thanks, this helped a lot.

  8. eder said on — April 22, 2008 @ 1:03 am

    nice web I like the tutorial

  9. Jim said on — April 22, 2008 @ 3:25 pm

    This was yet another great tutorial. I was somewhat dissatisfied with the “copper coin” at the conclusion, so I tweaked the colors to get a darker, more used-looking coin. Still didn’t quite look right, so I added another layer, selected the coin to create a mask. I went into filters->render->clouds and filled the selection with clouds. I then went into blending options, and set fill opacity to 75%, and set the mode to color dodge. Suddenly I had a shiny new penny!

    I used an image of Charlize Theron as the source model, and I’ve put a copy of the finished product on my home page in case anyone wants to see my results.

  10. Kathy F. said on — April 26, 2008 @ 3:55 pm

    Are there any written directions for this coin tutorial? You went way too fast for me but I love the idea and want to try.

  11. kie jeff said on — May 8, 2008 @ 6:06 am

    it’s good idea

  12. Aby said on — May 10, 2008 @ 4:02 pm

    inspiring work !

    fast tutorial though…..pretty cool

  13. Márcio Guerra said on — May 17, 2008 @ 1:16 pm

    Keep it up… Good one!

    Márcio Guerra

  14. Gianino said on — May 26, 2008 @ 9:27 am

    Good tutorial ^_^, thanx Corey

  15. Carolyn said on — June 1, 2008 @ 6:53 pm

    How can you do this in paint shop pro ? I like this coin and would like to do this any clues?

  16. naguib said on — June 4, 2008 @ 2:32 am

    THANK YOU VERY MUCH THIS WAS VERY HELPFUL TO ME

  17. hany said on — June 25, 2008 @ 10:06 pm

    thanksssssss man its soo soo sooooooooooo cooooooooooooooLL

  18. prem said on — July 7, 2008 @ 5:50 am

    its so good tutorial simple and effective

  19. Carolyn said on — July 13, 2008 @ 2:49 pm

    This is so great. Needed it for a metal sculpture image project. Thanks

  20. B said on — July 24, 2008 @ 3:15 pm

    thanks! this was a very useful tutorial.

  21. lucky said on — August 5, 2008 @ 1:57 am

    its nice and cool

  22. Charlotte said on — August 12, 2008 @ 10:21 am

    thanks a lot~ it’s really cool^^..

  23. David said on — December 1, 2008 @ 4:18 am

    Thanks so much for this lesson! The coinage is beautiful!

  24. Dirk Smith said on — March 4, 2009 @ 5:30 pm

    Hi Corey, another fantastic tutorial. Here is my coin collection you helped me create.
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/dereksbeard/3328703809/

  25. João said on — June 23, 2009 @ 10:04 am

    this is a very nice tutorial, but i was looking for something a little bit diferent…. do you have any tutorial where u teach how to do a coin but that golden coins like the old civilizations and like we see in the pirates movies? i really need to know how to do that for a work i have in progress… can yoou help me? thanks…

  26. Ramon said on — July 18, 2009 @ 2:59 am

    Very nice tutorial!!!
    This is the best site in the world!

    Ramon Duzzioni
    Brazil

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