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AmmocK
03-11-2008, 07:56 AM
Ever wanted to make those grungy/smudged style bg but feel ur not too good with grunge brushing?
well i am goin to teach u this easy technique where u can make a grunge bg without using any brush or smudging


1. open a new document with ur preferred size and fill it with a solid color from your render
my render has alot of white so i am goin to fill it with white

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd31/AmmocK/step1-1.png

2. Paste in ur render and resize it and move it to the spot you want

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd31/AmmocK/step2-1.png

3.Duplicate your render and move it around, repeat this step untill your whole canvas is filled with your render

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd31/AmmocK/filled.png

4. Create a new layer (layer>New) and do Image>apply Image

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd31/AmmocK/filled.png

5. Now go Filter>Distort>Ripple and ripple it with these settings

Amount 350%
Size Medium
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd31/AmmocK/rippled.png

6. Then ocean ripple that layer, Filter>Distort>Ocean Ripple

Ripple Size: 11
Ripple Magnitude: 8
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd31/AmmocK/orippled.png

7.Then do Filter>Brush Strokes>Spatter

Spray Radius:25
Smoothness: 12
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd31/AmmocK/bstroked.png

8.[OPTIONAL] you can color it if u like using heu/saturation, dont forget to check colorize when u use heu/saturation on it

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd31/AmmocK/colored.png

and there you have a decent grungy background, you can enhance it by duplicating that layer, moving it around and playin with diff blending modes on diff opacities, but i leave that for you to experiment

hope this helps some ppl out there
zanbatsu-kun
03-11-2008, 02:02 PM
Nice one AmmocK....me likes it...not bad at all :D it could be used a lot :D good job
Harakiri
03-11-2008, 05:13 PM
That's sweet. I'm trying a signature with it now. Gonna post my outcome.
Insanity
03-12-2008, 01:27 PM
Thanks alot :) Me Lajke!
$abotage
03-17-2008, 06:56 AM
yer man thats awsome ill useit heaps THNX
bobyman101
03-24-2008, 05:03 AM
I always wanted a background like that but i would just blur it and liquify it not very usefull/effective at all, Thanks :wink:

Dude Harakiri ur avatar is crazy...its confusing i kept thinking it was gonna go out of the city at some point 8)
JuneSummer
04-28-2008, 06:01 AM
:shock: Thats how a backround can be made??

Wow!! I can barely tell you used a render to make it!! This helps meh a lot. :O
Izzy777
05-29-2008, 10:39 PM
Look at this (from another form): http://metanet.2.forumer.com/index.php?showtopic=21278&hl=photoshop+sig+tut

He also has another altered version where he does:
filter->distort->displace 3 times with 3 different psd's
filter->distort->ripple with default settings
filter->brush strokes->spatter with default settings
Charades
06-04-2008, 06:53 AM
i love working in grunge
thanks so much :D
Kangaroo
06-04-2008, 06:38 PM
this is a ripped tut. this one is on goodtutorials.com and techgfx as well. nice ripp
Me_From_Universe
06-06-2008, 04:12 PM
great idea. I'll try it! TNx
FreeStyle
06-10-2008, 08:56 PM
this is a ripped tut. this one is on goodtutorials.com and techgfx as well. nice ripp

are you stupid??
i came up with these settings/technique myself while playing around with different filters, i wont say that i am the 1st one to come up , the with it. ocean ripple + splatter brush filter is often used to give something a grunge/smudge look
Becareful before posting something like this next time or i will report u to the admins, idiot!
integrity21
07-01-2008, 09:53 AM
Nice1! Thanks for the info!!

Sorry about this noob question, but which Photoshop would be the best for a noob user? I have Photoshop CS2. And another thing, which is better? Photoshop or GIMP?

Again sorry if i asked such a lame question.
inasadYBFC
07-21-2008, 05:19 AM
this is a ripped tut. this one is on goodtutorials.com and techgfx as well. nice ripp

are you stupid??
i came up with these settings/technique myself while playing around with different filters, i wont say that i am the 1st one to come up , the with it. ocean ripple + splatter brush filter is often used to give something a grunge/smudge look
Becareful before posting something like this next time or i will report u to the admins, idiot!

great tut man I just flipped whe i read it ill be using this but couldnt you also get reported for flaming? haha


however I completley agree with you thats a prettey bad accusation to be throwing around

this thread has probably been dead for like ever but o well Ill post anyway.