Adobe Photoshop Tutorials: Grunge
At certain
times in graphic design, you need to get down
and dirty. Here, I'll show you a way to create
a grungy background that will make a great addition
to any sort of dirty or worn artwork.
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 Start
by creating a new document and hitting the 'D' key to set
the foreground color to black and background color to white.
On a new layer, go Filter>Render>Clouds.
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 Add
noise by going Filter>Noise>Add Noise. Use
the settings: Amount 17%, Uniform, and check Monochromatic.
Then, go Filter>Stylize>Emboss and use the
settings: Angle 135°, Height 10 pixels, Amount
100%.
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 Go Filter>Distort>Diffuse
Glow and use the settings: Graininess 10, Glow Amount
7, Clear Amount 17. Duplicate the layer by dragging
it over the New Layer button ( ).
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 On
the top, copied layer, go Filter>Artistic>Palette
Knife and use the settings: Stroke Size 28, Stroke
Detail 3, Softness 0. In the Layers Palette, set the opacity
of this layer to 80%. Merge the copied layer to with the
original below by hitting Ctrl+E (Mac: Cmd+E).
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 Go Select>Color
Range and select Highlights from the drop-down menu.
Then create a new layer.
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 Fill
the selection with black by hitting Alt+Backspace (Option+Backspace).
Fill the main layer below with white by selecting in the
Layers Palette and hitting Ctrl+Backspace (Cmd+Backspace).
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 You
could stop at this point, but if you thurst for a heavier
grunge effect, do continue. Hide the top layer for the
time being and create a new layer below it. Apply the cloud
filter to it by going Filter>Render>Clouds.
Then go Filter>Sketch>Charcoal and use the
settings: Charcoal Thickness 5, Detail 2, Light/Dark Balance
68.
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 Go Select>Color
Range and use the default setting of Sampled Colors,
200 Fuzziness. Create a layer above the top layer and
fill your selection with black by hitting Alt+Backspace.
Delete the layer with the full charcoal texture, leaving
the top two layers and the white background.
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 As
a final touch, it is nice to add further detail with grungy
brushes, such as those found at Enfest.
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Tutorial provided
by: Spoono.com
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