Bevel and Chrome
A glossy graphic style of beveled edges, drop shadows and mirror-metal gradients. Photoshop layer styles and web-era buttons and logos made it a defining look of the late 1990s and 2000s.
Spot it
- 01Glossy beveled edges
- 02Mirror-chrome gradients
- 03Hard drop shadows
Why it happens
Layer styles simulate a lit raised edge with inner highlights and shadows, while a reflection-like gradient with a sharp horizon line imitates polished metal.
Recreate it in Pixio
Image edit prompt“Restyle this image as a Y2K bevel-and-chrome graphic: shapes rendered as glossy raised plates with bright beveled edges, mirror-chrome gradients with a hard horizon reflection, a white specular highlight along the top, hard dark drop shadows and a faint blue-silver tint. Keep it polished and shiny. Keep the original subject and composition.”
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