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You can stop here if this is the rusty look you want. If you want a more machined look on your chain, continue.

Now press Ctrl+A to select all and then goto Edit > Define Brush Preset. Give it a name and click Ok. You can now close this document if you so wish. Open a new document of 400x300px, and choose the brush tool. Click the brushes drop-down menu and the one we just created should be at the bottom of the list - select it. Now choose the Pen tool and draw a Path that resembles the chain you want to create. We use the Pen to set the general shape, and then the Convert Point tool to create the curves:

Title: Link Chain or Tie How to join the links and create a chain in photoshop This latest tutorial in adobe photoshop has instructions to draw a chain using link that are tied together.

1. Begin with a new file, with black as your background color, then create a new layer in the layers palette.