Creating a Custom Texture

• You will need this image from free stop photos for this tutorial

1. Open this image in Photoshop.

2. Click filter=>other=> Offset. Set the following

• horizontal = 250
• vertical = 175
• Wrap Around

3. Select your clone stamp tool with with following options

• 45 soft brush
• opacity 100%
• flow = 100%

4. Using the clone tool

• Hold your alt key down and Click in the middle of the upper left quadrant at point 1 in the diagram on the right.
• Move your cursor over the horizontal line at point 2 and click. Start painting from there left and right and up and down for a short distance.
• Hold your alt key down and Click in the middle of the upper left quadrant at point 1 in the diagram
• Move your cursor over the horizontal line at point 3 and click. Start painting from there up and down and then left and right for a short distance.
   
• Hold your alt key down and Click in the middle of the lower right quadrant at point 4 in the diagram on the right.
• Move your cursor over the horizontal line at point 5 and click. Start painting from there left and right and up and down for a short distance.
• Hold your alt key down and Click in the middle of the lower right quadrant at point 4 in the diagram on the right.
• Move your cursor over the horizontal line at point 6 and click. Start painting from there up and down and then left and right for a short distance.

5. Click file => save. Save this file as pebbles.psd in your Adobe=> Photoshop 7=> presets=> textures.

6. To use this texture you will use the filter by doing the following:

7. Click Filter=> texture=> Texturizer. Click on Texture type: load texture. Search your hard drive for your adobe folder, photoshop 7+>presets=> textures. Select the pebbles.psd file inside this folder. Play with the settings for scaling, relief, and light direction to get the texture of your choice.

• scaling = 50%
• Relief = 10
• Light direction = top right

8. To make this into a seamless tile graphic for backgrounds on the web, you will want to resize the image first since it is very large. Click Image => image size.

• width =140
• height = 100
• constrain proportions checked.

9. Brighten up the image or darken it if you want. Click File=>save for the web. Set the image to jpg, 30%