Steel Texture Effect

Bring out you inner metal with this polished tutorial from Corey about creating a steel texture.

Corey Barker is Executive Producer of PlanetPhotoshop.com and is an Education and Curriculum Developer for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals. Corey has also made numerous appearances on the highly rated podcast, PhotoshopUser TV, and is co-host of Layers TV.

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vu tran said on — January 30, 2009 @ 4:46 pm

That is cool. Corey. Nice.
D Walter said on — January 30, 2009 @ 8:27 pm

Cool way to create text. Taking nothing and making something out of it.
dani said on — January 31, 2009 @ 12:27 am

Nice man =)
Bob Murray said on — January 31, 2009 @ 4:15 am

Texture plus technique multiplied by imagination equals realism.
Robert said on — January 31, 2009 @ 9:43 am

Another great tutorial, however, please warn me to look away the next time you stretch text. I died a little inside.
Connor said on — January 31, 2009 @ 11:28 am

Ah, that touch of colour made it infintely better, it was looking pretty bland and simple before that (y)
imLOST said on — January 31, 2009 @ 5:18 pm

Awesome tutorial. Really really good stuff here.
Jared Stenzel said on — January 31, 2009 @ 11:30 pm

Great tutorial! Favorited this site.
Frutus said on — February 1, 2009 @ 1:34 pm

Your voice sounds like a typical commercial-man Love this guide though.
Neo said on — February 3, 2009 @ 3:01 pm

great tutorial.
Paw Arambulo said on — February 3, 2009 @ 10:42 pm

i love all the tutorials of Mr. Corey Baker..more power…
Geoff said on — February 9, 2009 @ 4:36 am

That’s a great texture image. Is that an istockphoto gem? Where did you find that image? Most steel texture images are smooth. The scratches and blemishes make it more gritty.
Márcio Guerra said on — February 11, 2009 @ 11:34 pm

Nice, as always!!! This is Photoshop!

Thanks.

Márcio Guerra
Shaz said on — February 12, 2009 @ 8:15 pm

Corey you are gr8 man
Azael said on — February 16, 2009 @ 10:58 pm

Hi, thanks a lot for the tutorial is just what i was looking for.

I love this site as well,

just one thing tho’ where are the project files?
THANK YOU
Budi Arovan said on — February 17, 2009 @ 11:24 am

This realism effect and texture. Very Nice…
Thanks for this tutorial
Carlos Alberto Quiroz said on — February 17, 2009 @ 10:14 pm

It is pretty good you to have this kind of tutorials for us. Congratulations, and keep doing it. !
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Lazza said on — February 26, 2009 @ 5:58 am

Absolutely awesome, so inspiring.
Many thanks for sharing
Rashid Younus said on — February 26, 2009 @ 7:00 am

Awesome!
Sathya said on — March 4, 2009 @ 3:35 am

Hey…really good stuff..it was pleasant to watch the art shape up. I love this site!
Sathya said on — March 4, 2009 @ 3:46 am

It was sheer joy seeing the art shape up…..really good stuff. I love this site!
Michael said on — March 4, 2009 @ 6:10 pm

I’m amazed at what you can do with photoshop…thanks for the sharing your expertise.
tek said on — March 18, 2009 @ 4:18 pm

nice tutorial corey… can u do one on how 2 create a hiphop album cover
Rick said on — March 30, 2009 @ 8:31 am

Nice. I like the tutorial. But It’s really cool to watch you work and see how you do things. You also used a couple of features that I’ve never seen used before, so I get to mess with those now.

Thanks!
Art said on — March 31, 2009 @ 4:48 pm

damn im thanking u too much today lol. awesome
TraumaHound said on — May 31, 2009 @ 12:36 pm

CTRL+0, yet another sweet & simple shortcut I never knew.
Covek Bez said on — August 24, 2009 @ 9:56 pm

Great tutorial! I was using this for one of my website designs. Bookmarked!
hesham said on — September 10, 2009 @ 8:42 am

Great tutorial..there is 3d option and i doesnt have it..
how can i get it..?!
i have ps cs4
kkri said on — September 20, 2009 @ 1:22 pm

It’ so coooooooooool! The one I was looking for, but… May I use exactly the same effect to create a logo for the web but also for printing with big dimensions and resolutions maintaining always the same quality both on web with small images and for printing with big ones? I mean: when creating once, may I use it for all my purposes? Thanx

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