Its a sad fact, but newbies to the world of Photoshop texturing can sometimes feel lost at sea with all the options, filters, and plug-ins available to them. Instead of reaching for a lifeline, however, how about creating a simple seafaring texture on your very own monitor?
Simple to make, pleasing to the eye and, best of all, light on bandwidth, floral patterns have graced many great sites recently, and looked fantastic in the process. So, how are they created? Read on...
In this 3-part tutorial, the author will give you directions for making three different types of wood. These represent three different colors and grain-types of wood and so you will use slightly different methods for each. This tutorial was written with version 5.5 of Photoshop, but you can do it with newer versions, or with Photoshop Elements.