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Metallic Background


Description: This is a very simple techique to creating a metallic textured background.

Create a new document of any size you want. I made mine 600x600

Now go to Edit->Fill

in the box that popup, select "Pattern" for "Use", and in the Custom Pattern option, select this pattern (CLICK TO SEE SCREENSHOT). Then click OK

Now go to Filter->Distort->Wave

Adjust your setting so its similar to mine: VIEW

Now just hold down the CTRL key, and press the "F" key 10 times (reapply the wave effect 10 times). Now you should get something very similar to mine on the left.

Now to give it a little bit of color, you can use the Hue and Saturation option, Image->Adjustments->Hue/Saturation. Make sure you check the "Colorize" box. Set the "Hue" bar to: 210, "Saturation" to: 14, leave the Lightness at 0.

Next, to make the image a little sharper, go to Filter->Sharpen->Sharpen

There you go :)

 

You can also apply this trick to any type of shapes or patterns, see my examples of before and after images below.

The orginal image

Applied the wave filter about 20 times
   

User Comments

twelv3 | Apr/2/08 20:15
u da best twelv3@yahoo.com
Nidhi | Mar/5/08 20:31
It is really good & attractive .
Tom | Feb/6/08 11:48
Great one, specialy the last pattern wit the cross, when u scale it and connect few such parts, you have nice metal frame
Meow House | Dec/2/07 22:27
I just tried this in PS6 and it came out great. I think the people having trouble maybe are not doing something right in the settings? I did have to do the initial wave about 20 times as opposed to 10, but that's no big deal. I also liked Shikodenius's suggestion to dupe the background layer and set it to overlay - it made it a little shinier for me. Great tut, super easy to do, thanks very much!
Anonomous | Nov/27/07 02:12
Awesome dude. I suck at photoshop but you've given me a new skill. Thanks.
HEATHMOE | Nov/18/07 12:54
I would just like to go one the record an say that I am very new to photoshop and this tutorial was very easy to follow. I dont ubderstand people who get "angry" because the lack the ability to follow simple directions and blam it on anybody and everybody but the person at fault. This tutorial was far from useless and I appreciate you taking the time to deliver!
shankaresh | Nov/14/07 21:12
so good
oyuki | Oct/2/07 10:05
donde encuentro Edit>>Fill en photoshop cs2
jess | Aug/20/07 10:28
i couldnt make it wave for sum reason :(
shikodenius genius | Jul/30/07 20:09
I think it gives a better effect if you duplicate the background layer and set the new layer mode to overlay....
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