Wood Veneer Texture

3. Curves Layer

In the layers menu, go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Curves, use the following (you don’t have to be exact) settings:

It should produce something similar to this:

Don’t worry! It’s meant to look like that.

4. Adjustments

Create a new layer and fill it with #a55901, set the layer mode to Hue.

Merge all the layers together and apply Filter > Sharpen > Sharpen, fade the sharpen to 30%, by going to Edit > Fade Sharpen, or Shift+CTRL+F.

Make a new Brightness/Contrast layer by going to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Brightness/Contrast…, use the following options:

Merge the layers together and apply Filter > Other > Offset with these options:

With Photoshop CS 2, you can use the Spot Healing Brush Tool to just click the middle area where its incorrectly-tiled and it will fix itself, but with older versions you might have to use the Clone Stamp Tool or another one of the tools.

And we’re done! Have fun with this effect.

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Topics: Design, Photoshop, Texture, Wood