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: