Creating Realistic Wood - part 1

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This tutorial shows you how to make realistic wood from scratch using the standard filters, layer styles, and adjustment layers found in Photoshop.

Score: 8 / 10

author:

stevefarillo

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step 1

Photoshop 7 & later

1. Start a new drawing at 800 x 600 pixels with a background color of Black.

step 2

2. We are using two shades of a brown color with one light & the other dark. Choose #C5B2A0 for the Foreground & #857361 for the Background.

step 3

3. Using the “Rectangular Marquee Tool” with “Style = Fixed Size”, “Width = 35px” “Height = 450px”. Click on the screen, then drag the rectangular box to the left side.

step 4

4. Make a New Layer and leave the Marquee enabled, click the “Filter” – “Render” – “Clouds” option.

step 5

5. Go to “Filter” – “Noise” – “Add Noise” , with “Amount = 15%”, “Distribution = Gaussian” and “Monochromatic” checked.

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