Creating a Rope in Photoshop
Tutorial in Advanced, Drawing, Effects, Goodies
This is a tutorial that will show you how to create a coiled rope (Cobra style) in Photoshop. The result is very realistic.
Open a new document (800×600px and transparent background).
Create a ((new layer)) and fill it in with white.
Go to ((Filter))-((Sketch))-((Halftone Pattern)). You will see the values below.
Then press Ctrl + T to ((Free Transform)) and rotate the layer as shown in the image below.
Once you rotate it, go to ((Filter))-((Noise))-((Add Noise)).
With ((Rectangular Marquee Tool)), make a selection as the one that appears below. Enlarge the image size so that you can see it in more detail.
Press Ctrl + J to copy the selection in a new image and merge the texture layer invisible. Take a look at the image below.
On the duplicated layer, go to ((Filter))-((Distort))-((Polar Coordinates)). ((Rectangular To Polar)).
Adjust the rope levels. ((Image))-((Adjustments))-((Levels)). Move the shades’ slider towards the right. Take a look at the image below.
Double click the rope layer to go to ((Blending Options)).
((Drop Shadow)).
((Inner Shadow)).
After you apply ((Layer Styles)), it should look like this.
Duplicate the layer five times and separate them with 5px as shown in the image below.
Merge the texture layer visible, make the same rectangular selection you made before , and duplicate the layer. This time, rotate the new selection 90º. ((Image))-((Rotate Canvas))-((90º CW)).
Go to ((Filter))-((Distort))-((Shear)). Click the vertical line in order to add points and drag it to transform it.
The result will be a new rope. Place it above the roll as shown in the image below.
Create a ((nueva capa)).
Select ((Brush Tool)), very soft, with dark grey and plaint the ((nueva capa)) in order to make it look like they are separated.
Finally, select all the layers, except for the white background, and go to ((Layer))-((Merge Layers)). They will be unified.
Let’s color the rope. Press Ctrl + U to open the ((Hue/Saturation)) window. Activate ((Colorize)) and enter the values that appear below.
I also added a degraded background. This is the result:
