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Embossed Metal

Added: Jul 07, 2005 Level: Experienced Software: Photoshop

	1. Open the image for editing.

	2. Save the image as (Shift+Ctrl+S) a Photoshop document (*.PSD).

	3. Create a new layer.

	4. With the top layer selected, render a Clouds filter (Filter> Render> Clouds).

	5. Use the Motion Blur filter (Filter> Blur> Motion Blur) to apply the following properties: Angle: 0 Distance: 999

	6. Repeat the previous filter (Ctrl+F) ten times or more.

	7. Use the Displace filter (Filter> Distort> Displace) to apply the following properties: Horizontal Scale: 100 Vertical Scale: 100 Displacement Map: Stretch To Fit Undefined Areas: Repeat Edge Pixels

	8. Increase the Contrast using the Brightness/Contrast tool (Image> Adjustments> Brightness/Contrast) to increase the depth of the metal texture.

	9. Rollover the image in this step to see the original image before this Photoshop technique was applied.

	10. Here is a cropped area from a high resolution version of the image created with this tutorial.