How to create a Brushed Steel Background?

**Gobby** · 03-28-2005, 03:04 PM

Can anyone give a quick tutorial as to how to create a Brushed Steel Metal Background in Photoshop, I've got the actual creation sussed but it comes out too 'light'.

**Eclipse-GST** · 03-29-2005, 06:53 PM

Just add noise (filter -> noise -> add noise) to a layer and use motion blur on it.

**MC_Stoo** · 03-29-2005, 07:08 PM

Presuming you're using Photoshop, start with a gradient fill (I quite like the 'copper' preset)

Then Filters>add noise (gaussian gives a more natural appearance, around 5-10% - make sure it's set to monochromatic so all the dots are of the same tone)

Then Filters>blur>motion blur (again don't go crazy on the length - I tend to use somewhere between 7-15 pixels depending on the size of the image)

Finally, to get the colour/shade you want, go to Image>Adjust>Hue/Saturation and tick 'colorize' at the bottom right corner.

Then its a matter of playing with the sliders until you get the desired effect