11. In the layers palette, paste the copied pixels. The image should look like the one below:





12. Desaturate this new bent pipe layer by choosing Image > Adjustments > Desaturate





13. To give the pipes a shinier look, choose Image > Adjustments > Curves, and adjust the curves as shown below:





14. Add a drop shadow so that your image looks like this:




15. Now we need to make some fittings to make the pipe look more realistic.

a) create a small rectangular selection around one of the rounded corners of the pipe.

b) right click the selection and choose layer via copy.

c) select Edit > Transform > Scale and scale the fitting so that it's slightly larger than the pipe.

d) apply a slight drop shadow to the fitting layer.

Your finished image should look something like this:





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