كلمة مرور
01-24-2011, 06:05 PM
Textures can form a principal element in your designs. They add details to images, giving a great deal of depth to a composition. Textures could come in the forms of high resolution images such as detailed surfaces of rocks, fabric, wood etc or can just be regular pictures. We have produced 7 exclusive free metal textures for you to download along with a step by step tutorial showing how they were made.
Step 1
In this short tutorial, we’ll go into the basics of creating one of the metal textures. Starting off with a new document with a size of 500 x 500 pixels, create a new layer. Then go to Filter >Render > Clouds to add a Clouds effect to this layer. Press Ctrl+F twice to apply this effect twice.
Step 2
Head on over to Filter > Texture and select the Texture type as Sandstone and make the following adjustments below:
The result:
Step 3
Adjust the tone of the image a bit to reduce its brightness by pressing Ctrl+M for the Curves Dialog box.
Step 4
With the Ellipse Tool (U) selected, draw a circle while holding the Shift for a perfect circle and then fill with black.
Step 5
Add another layer and select the Elliptical Marquee Tool (M). Draw a circle slightly larger than the previous one and with the Gradient Tool (G), create a gradient transiting from grey to white. Merge the ‘gradient’ layer with the black circle layer by pressing Ctrl+E.
Step 1
In this short tutorial, we’ll go into the basics of creating one of the metal textures. Starting off with a new document with a size of 500 x 500 pixels, create a new layer. Then go to Filter >Render > Clouds to add a Clouds effect to this layer. Press Ctrl+F twice to apply this effect twice.
Step 2
Head on over to Filter > Texture and select the Texture type as Sandstone and make the following adjustments below:
The result:
Step 3
Adjust the tone of the image a bit to reduce its brightness by pressing Ctrl+M for the Curves Dialog box.
Step 4
With the Ellipse Tool (U) selected, draw a circle while holding the Shift for a perfect circle and then fill with black.
Step 5
Add another layer and select the Elliptical Marquee Tool (M). Draw a circle slightly larger than the previous one and with the Gradient Tool (G), create a gradient transiting from grey to white. Merge the ‘gradient’ layer with the black circle layer by pressing Ctrl+E.