Easy Brushed Metal in Photoshop.

mnova says: Mar 24, 2012. 10:08 PM

This is great!! I'm teaching myself Image Processing with GIMP and this helped.

Kopolis777 says: Jun 13, 2008. 2:33 PM

I don't mean that vista crap either. I mean the version that works like it should, XP. its all bill gates fault. Btw how much is photoshop?

x z i t in reply to Kopolis777Mar 2, 2010. 8:55 PM

i got cs4 for free :P

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Shoemakerleve9 in reply to x z i tMar 21, 2011. 2:15 PM

Same, but I got 7.0.

REA in reply to Kopolis777Jul 4, 2008. 4:54 PM

I give vista 2-3 more years before it gets popular. same thing happened with xp and look what we have running now. photoshop is about $650 US, $300 US for academic version (for students). i would suggest geting GimpGimp. its the same only free!

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theburn7 in reply to Kopolis777Jun 16, 2008. 2:05 PM

it is not bill gates' fault, it is the programmer's, designer's, and steve ballmer's fault

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codongolev in reply to theburn7Dec 22, 2008. 1:15 PM

yeah, but ray ozzie can fix it.

team_nes_1986 says: Jan 13, 2010. 3:18 PM

Nice Instructable. I'm using this as my wallpaper. Looks pretty sweet. If you leave "Monochromatic" unchecked, you can add what I call the "oxidation effect."

Of course, the oxidation effect would only occur if the metal was oxidized before abrasion, which is pretty rare. I took two years of Engineering Technology, so that's how I'd know.

Ieatbabiez says: Sep 7, 2009. 12:31 PM

I used a program called paint.net and it came out lovely...thanks for the tut :D

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the.mk95 says: Jul 30, 2009. 4:48 PM

what do you use to make the text look engraved like that?

Thx4TheAmmo says: Apr 21, 2009. 5:24 PM

i added a little more texture to it by using the filter angled brush strokes and increasing the contrast while lowering the brightness. nice instructable by the way

PKTraceur says: Feb 27, 2009. 1:19 PM

I did it in GIMP. Ha ha! Second time ever playing with GIMP!

Brushed Metal.xcf(600x400) 567 KB

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Marble of Doom says: Dec 11, 2008. 3:01 PM

Great job. It also works on PS 7.0

Bericender says: Jul 17, 2008. 2:18 AM

guys enough this -> get a mac :D No seriously if you are doing Layout stuff or if you are working with Ai, ID, PS ans other tools alot you should consider to by a mac ;)

Kopolis777 says: Jun 13, 2008. 2:29 PM

i noticed you had a mac, is it better (faster) than windows?

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sbennettinst says: Mar 5, 2008. 2:30 PM

Nice technique! I like it! Thanks for sharing.

yomero says: Feb 29, 2008. 7:09 AM

I texture metal 3d models on daily basis, this will come in handy some time!

betweenthelinez says: Jun 19, 2007. 9:45 PM

I've been working in PShop for years and about 10 years ago I designed a logo for DOE's 20th anniversary. I wanted something a bit different and went with copper... actual copper. I pilfered a piece from the metal shop where I worked and scanned it, then worked the numbers and text into it to get my embossed look...you know that routine. All I can say now is... Where were you and this great instructable ten years ago? I'm gonna give it spin just for gits and shiggles! Thanks!

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lookatmygrlyfont (author) in reply to betweenthelinezJun 20, 2007. 4:17 PM

haha your welcome!

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Fenwick says: Jun 15, 2007. 8:38 PM

Gimp works marvelously, just change the image mode to grayscale when you are finished.

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royalestel in reply to FenwickJun 16, 2007. 9:50 AM

Oops, you already said what I just said.

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Fenwick in reply to royalestelJun 16, 2007. 9:43 PM

Yes, but you spelled gray with an E, so it is different.

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lookatmygrlyfont (author) in reply to FenwickJun 17, 2007. 2:49 AM

lol

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ll.13 says: Jun 15, 2007. 9:04 AM

Yes, it does work for GiMP only thing is for adding noise use Scatter HSV or similar,

This is what mine turned out like with the GiMP. I'll just have to find a use for it.

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royalestel in reply to ll.13Jun 16, 2007. 9:49 AM

Then you should convert to greyscale when done or completely desaturate.

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lookatmygrlyfont (author) in reply to ll.13Jun 15, 2007. 9:28 AM

thanks for confirming it for the gimp.

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lennyb says: Jun 15, 2007. 7:34 PM

i dont see why anyone would give this a negative. this is the kind of project that instructables was set up for. i have given bad ratings to projects that have no redeeming factors but this shows you how to do something that you may find usefull then again you may not but thats no reason for a negative if we all went around zinging the stuff that was outside our interests then very few projects would get a plus. therefore i give it a thumbs up or a cookie or somthing like that.

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lookatmygrlyfont (author) in reply to lennybJun 15, 2007. 8:47 PM

lol thanks

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LasVegas says: Jun 15, 2007. 11:50 AM

Well done Instructable. Simple and concise steps. It's unfortunate that some give negatives out of hand, without commenting with any critique as to why the negative was given.

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lookatmygrlyfont (author) in reply to LasVegasJun 15, 2007. 5:24 PM

Yes i was wondering what was with the negative but thanks to everyone who liked it!