: How Would I achive this line effect in Photoshop I'm trying to recreate the circled line effect in the image below. I have tried bevel and emboss and also had a go with an ellipse and

@Mendez620

Well, if I got your question right, it's a pretty simple principle:


Create a layer with a gray background
Create a blank layer over it
Use the Elliptical Marquee Tool to create an ellipse and fill it with black (step 1 in image)
Add a Gaussian Blur that looks just right (step 2 in image)
Take the Rectangular Marquee Tool and delete half of the ellipse (step 3 in image)
Set the Blending Mode to Soft Light and use Transform (Ctrl+T) to rotate (step 4 in image)
Play with Opacity till you get the desired effect

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@Cofer715

I created this example as per the settings below.
Essentially a large faint drop shadow with a smaller but darker drop shadow over the top.

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@Murray664

One way of doing it


Create a layer with a rectangle
Add a drop shadow using the layer styles palette





Add a layer mask





Draw a circular a gradient in the mask (make sure it is 100% white to 100% RGB black)





Group the layer. This is to prevent the next step from knocking out the background.





Knockout the layer using blending mode in the layer styles palette. Make sure "Layer mask hides effects" is turned on.




Result

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