Need advice

[lahatte]

How would you go about creating oxidized metal that looks like the metal on these 2 watches:

http://www.romainjerome.ch/img/bg-day-night.jpg

http://www.romainjerome.ch/img/bg-inattendus-oxy.jpg

I want to use it for a boarder around a website I'm doing... Any advice/help is greatly appreciated!

[Tamlin]

You could either create your own effect by following one of these tutorials:

Rusty Metal Texture in Photoshop - Outcast Studios
Create Rusty Metal Text in Photoshop: Tutorial | Portent Interactive, Seattle, WA
Dirty, Pitted Metal
OriginMaker Create a Rusted Metal Sign in Photoshop
Fiery Darts Creating a Rusty Surface Texture Your Source for Unique Adobe Photoshop Tutorials
Photoshop Rust Tuotorial
Photoshop Rusted type Tuotorial

or simply apply a Layer Style like one of these:

BioRUST.com :: Downloads >> Rust
BioRUST.com :: Downloads >> Industrial
Adobe - Photoshop Styles