Realistic moss

Learn how to create the moss that was used in v5 of MickM.com!

Step 1

Take the colors #688D46 and #27470A as your palette-colors and go to Filter>Render>Clouds

Step 2

Go to Filter>Render>Difference Clouds and press CTRL+F a few times

Step 3

Press CTRL+U and change the settings

Step 4

Go to Filter>Disort>Diffuse Glow and set the settings to make it look like mine

Step 5

Go to Filter>Artistic>Palette Knife and play with the settings

Step 6

Then add a low plastic wrap with Filter>Artistic>Plastic Wrap

Step 7

Go to Filter>Artistic>Film Grain and set the settings quite low so that it looks like my image

Step 8

Go to Filter>Noise>Add Noise and add some noise

Step 9

Press CTRL+D and use the Burn- and Dodge-Tool to make some area's darker

Step 10

Now you could also choose to make the moss have more relief, but that is done different. Go to Filter>Render>Lightning Effects and set the bottom menu to green. You also need to fiddle around with the thumbnail and the angle of the lightning... But that is different in every image. Only do this step if you want the relief. I for one, did not use it, therefore it's up to you if you use it!

Step 11

Create a new layer and fill it with black

Step 12

Go to Filter>Noise>Add Noise and set the slider to maximum

Step 13

Add Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur and make it look fuzzy

Step 14

Press CTRL+L and create shapes of your liking

Step 15

Delete the white background with the Magic Wand-Tool

Step 16

Now set the moss to overlay the shapes and repeat all the steps to create this: