Pipe Maze

1. Start off by opening a new document of any size, mine is 620 x 200 px. Set your foreground and background colors to default, by pressing the "D" button.

2. Filter > Render > Clouds
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...ial/clouds.gif



3. Image > Adjustments > Levels. Place "Input Levels" at 34, 1.45, and 200. And "Output Levels" at 0 and 255. (Make sure preview is checked)
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...uds_levels.gif



4. Filter > Pixelate > Mosaic. Set the cell size to 17.
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...uds_mosaic.gif



5. Filter > Brush Strokes > Accented Edges. Edge Width: 3, Edge Brightness: 47, Smoothness: 5.
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...s_accented.gif



6. Filter > Brush Strokes > Ink Outlines. Stroke Length: 5, Dark Intensity: 14, Light Intensity: 3.
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...clouds_ink.gif



7. Hit Ctrl + U to bring up the Hue/Saturation Panel and make sure "Colorize" is checked. Mess around with the sliders until you find a color you like. (I used Hue: 0, Saturation: 100, Lightness: 0)
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...ouds_color.gif

I've seen something similar to this but as text.. Personally, I think the one you have is way too contrasted.. BUT, it's still a good effect.. ;)

It's not particularly Brilliant, but ok if you just want to mess around with settings :)

Cant see where someone might use this.

I could see it used if it were toned down a bit.. Maybe as a header logo background or something.. But it still needs a good bit of work to it.. ;)

This is my result:

http://i27.tinypic.com/1tk6r5.jpg

Didn't tag it, so feel free to steal

This could be a really nice texture.

i like it =]

Not bad.

Thought I'd try to put it in a sig dunno how well it went xD

http://f.imagehost.org/0557/tech_copy.jpg