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

Step 1

Create a new image, and fill it in with a brown shade. You can experiment with different colors, if you wish.

Step 2

On your layer current layer, go to the add noise filter (on the top menus)

Step 3

Use the above effects, it should look similar to what I have above.

Step 4

On your current layer (with all the new, little dots), go to the motion blur filter (location shown above)

Step 5

Use the above effects, it should look similar to what I have above.

Final Product

Here's my final product! I have used this in web templates, and signatures in the past.

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