Photoshop: How to Make Wood texture

Make Wood Texture in Photoshop

Edited by Teresa, Adelaide, Benas :

Wood texture can be used in many ways in graphics. But say you wanted some digital wood texture. This article will tell you the way it is done.

Part 1 of 3: Creating the Base Texture

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   Start Photoshop with a 500 X 500 square. (It can be any size really.)
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   Go to Filter >> Noise >> Add Noise.
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   Select Gaussian Blue and Monochromatic and set the number to about 10. The Monochromatic helps strengthen the effect.
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   Check to make sure that you have the brown as the foreground and the white as the background.
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   Go to Filter >> Render >> Clouds.
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   Go to Edit >> Fade Clouds. Change the opacity to 25%.
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   For an extra depth of realism, you can go to Filter >> Blur >> Motion Blur with a blur of around 12 pixels.
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   Save your base texture.

Part 2 of 3: Making the Wood Grain

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   Go to Filter >> Distort >> Wave. A good starting point for your texture is:
   • Number of Generators: ~ 514
   • Wavelength: 10 / 402
   • Amplitude: 5 / 181
   • Scale: 1 / 28
   • Type: Sine
   • Undefined Areas: Wrap Around
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   Select Randomize. Although the image is small, if you don't like the appearance of it, click on Randomize.
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   Select OK.

Part 3 of 3: Making Mahogany Wood Grain

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   Go to Filter >> Liquify.
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   Click on Advanced Mode.
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   Make your brush around 100 or so. Use the following effects to change the look.
   • Forward Warp
   • Twirl
   • Bloat
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   Move things around until you like the way it looks.
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   Duplicate the texture layer and desaturate it (CTRL + Shift + U).
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   Change the blend mode to Hard Light.