Wood Textures - Part 1
Software : Photoshop 6.0
Level : Intermediate

Concept: Its a simple wood texture created using Adobe Photoshop. It can be used to make web buttons, web navigation bars, specialized types of web layouts, and also for the backgrounds used for presentations. You need to work with the filters and colors to generate accurate effect. You must try to experiment to archive maximum possible realistic result. Hence work with different filters and the input values.

1. Create new file with 72 PPI and white background.

2. Select any shade of Brown as a foreground color.

3. Press Alt + Delete to fill foreground color.

4. Filter > Add Noise
(Uniform, Monochromatic, 27)

5. Filter > Motion Blur (angle 0, distance 450 or experiment with more)