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Quick & Easy Grunge


Start off with a new image 500x100 (works with any size image), press the letter "D" to set colors to default then goto "filter > render > clouds" then "filter > noise > add noise" use settings below.

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Now goto "filter > stylize > emboss" use settings below.

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Now go to "filter > distort > diffuse glow" use settings below.

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Now Duplicate the background Layer, with the duplicated layer selected, goto "filter > artistic > palette knife" use settings below.

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Now set your duplicated layer opacity to about 80% then merge together with "ctrl + e" you should have something like this.

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Now go to "select > color range" when the window opens you will see a black rectangle click on it, now click on it a couple of more times in different places, you will notice the image changes, click so you get something similar to the image below, also change fuzziness to about 50.

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This is how my image looks once i pressed ok.

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With your selection still selected from the color range, create a new layer and fill with the color black, then press "ctrl + D" to deselect, now select your background layer and press "ctrl + u" when the box opens put a "tick" in the colorize box and play with the sliders until you decide on a color, here's my finished result with some texted added.

Quick and Easy Grunge Tutorial: Final Result



Author's URL: Hv-Designs.co.uk
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