Cheating the hands of time of nature is not a serious crime, huh? Look at the rings, so real. Only God, you, and photoshopers know...

All you need to know about making realistic metal adding cracks and rust.

1. Open a new document, and change both the foreground and background pallets to (#769C5A and #4B8021).
2. Click Filters > Clouds, hold ctrl and press f.. keep doing this step untill you get a good mix of green - like the sample below:

Here is how to load ready to use downloaded Custom Shape .csh files within Photoshop and ImageReady...

Ever used the wood texture in Adobe Photoshop? It gives you a wood texture, but it looks like it's straight from the sawmill. If you want a wood texture with a deep, polished, antique effect, follow this tutorial.

1. Create a new 165x165 pixel document and name it Stars. Now press D then X, and fill the document with white. Then add a difference clouds filter the document. Then add a craquelure filter with settings [Crack Spacing: 4, Crack Depth: 10, Crack Brightness: 10]. 2. Now...

I want a camouflage pattern to make (e.g. a mercenary signature background).

Editor's Pick in Photoshop Tutorials, May 2005
Free the imprisoned woodsprite of your fat forested soul with the help of Adobe Photoshop. This tutorial takes you through the process of simulating wood.

Firstly create a new image in the size of your choice.
Next, press D to reset your colours.
After that go to Filters -> Render -> Clouds

In this tutorial we'll see how to create those pages with dotted backgrounds. It's simple and fast.