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General => Expression Section => General Discussion => Graphic Tutorials => Topic started by: Blaze on July 23, 2008, 10:32:08 AM

Title: Filter Grunge Background
Post by: Blaze on July 23, 2008, 10:32:08 AM

Filter Grunge Background Tutorial[/color]


Step 1: Make a new image (I'm using 400x120), press D to reset the colour palette.

Step 2: Navigate to Filter > Render > Clouds. You should get something close to this:

(http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk70/BlazeDesign/Clouds.png)

Step 3: Navigate to Filter > Stylize > Find Edges, then press CTRL+I to Invert. You should have this:

(http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk70/BlazeDesign/Stylize.png)

Step 4: Navigate to Image > Adjustments > Brightness and Contrast, and set Contrast to 60. You should have this:

(http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk70/BlazeDesign/Contrast.png)

Step 5: Navigate to Filter>Brush Strokes > Spatter. You should get this:


(http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk70/BlazeDesign/Spatter.png)

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Done, here is my outcome with colour and text:

(http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk70/BlazeDesign/Outcome-1.png)

I know you can acheive better results with brushes, but I made this for the New to PS guys.

Title: Filter Grunge Background
Post by: Knapman on July 23, 2008, 10:33:17 AM

Looks damn nice.

Title: Filter Grunge Background
Post by: Aries on July 23, 2008, 10:50:11 AM

Simple but nice results. Maybe work on text

Title: Filter Grunge Background
Post by: Blaze on July 23, 2008, 10:52:06 AM

Couldn't be bothered to special effects or anything so I just changed Blending to Soft Light and added border + glow.

Title: Filter Grunge Background
Post by: Flyeer on July 24, 2008, 12:40:48 AM

i like it! thanks

Title: Filter Grunge Background
Post by: Vicarious on July 24, 2008, 10:49:19 PM

Nice tut yet again blaze, good job.

Heres what i came up with
(http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/9971/blazesgrungetutak2.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)

Title: Filter Grunge Background
Post by: GT-7 on July 24, 2008, 11:30:44 PM

Well this is the effect I've been searching.

Title: Filter Grunge Background
Post by: Sucre on July 24, 2008, 11:37:04 PM

Nice one, known well to me

Title: Filter Grunge Background
Post by: Lyserg on July 24, 2008, 11:58:19 PM

Simple and nice tutorial, good job Blaze.