Simple Wood effect PhotoShop Tutorial

[AvP]

Step 1

Create a new document with 640 x 480 dimensions.
Select Filter > Noise > Add Noise and use the following settings:

**Make sure Monochromatic is checked.

Step 2

Now select Filter > Blur > Motion Blur and set the angle to 0 degrees and the distance to 20 Pixels and click ok. This motion blur creates the wood grains.

Step 3

Select Filter > Sharpen > Unsharp Mask. I used the following settings, but you can experiment with the various settings.

Step 4

Select Image > Adjustment > Hue/Saturation and add the following settings. You can again experiment with the various settings. Make sure colourize is checked.

You should now have a wooden texture effect.

 

[ThrowgnCpr]

very interesting. this effect is similar for a brushed metal look. This is a bit contrasty for a cover or something, but it really does have a wood appearance. some tweaking to ease the contrast, and this could be really useful. thanks for the post.