Wood Grain Texture

This is a really simple way to create a great looking wood grain texture, that has many applications!

Step 1
http://www.gfxvoid.com/tutorials/woodgrain/1.gif
Create a new image, and fill it in with a brown shade. You can experiment with different colors, if you wish.

Step 2
http://www.gfxvoid.com/tutorials/woodgrain/2.gif
On your layer current layer, go to the add noise filter (on the top menus)

Step 3
http://www.gfxvoid.com/tutorials/woodgrain/3.gif
Use the above effects, it should look similar to what I have above.

Step 4
http://www.gfxvoid.com/tutorials/woodgrain/4.gif
On your current layer (with all the new, little dots), go to the motion blur filter (location shown above)

Step 5
http://www.gfxvoid.com/tutorials/woodgrain/5.gif
Use the above effects, it should look similar to what I have above.

Final Product
http://www.gfxvoid.com/tutorials/woodgrain/6.gif
Here's my final product! I have used this in web templates, and signatures in the past.

If you have any questions, or comments, please post below and we can help answer them! Thanks!

After that, I would change the hue to make it all bronze and get rid of those multicolored spots. :)

Good point, possibly adding a colorize effect (or something to that extent). Thanks for helping out!

Tried playin' with hue/saturtion and get impressive effect. Thanks!

Do you have a pic you could put on the site of it?

I can't imagine the difference would be too huge, but I may be confused. Its a very very faint texture, you must agree =).

When you add the noise, tick "Monochromatic" and you won't get several colors of dots.

good idea

another simple tut

nice background, easy and quick too

very nice!
love the bg