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Embossed Metal

Author: FotoFects Author's URL: http://www.fotofects.com More by this author
Added:Jul 07, 2005 Rating:   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.
Embossed Metal 10. Here is a cropped area from a high resolution version of the image created with this tutorial.