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Weathered Wood Texture
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NOT to be scripted or made into a "Quick Guide" unless it is
for your own personal use.
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To do this tutorial you will need a working knowledge of
PSP. If you are new to PSP, or have a problem doing this tutorial, you
can find me at Raven's
PSP forum, be happy to help you out.
You also need my Old
Gradient Download and put it in your gradients folder.
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Open an image 500 X 200, transparent background.
Flood Fill  with
the color #C0C0C0.
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Go to Effects>Texture Effects>Straw-wall.
Use these settings. Color #404040
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Go to Effects>Geometric Effects>Wind.
Set it to 20, From left.
Repeat.
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Go to Effects>Edge>Enhance More
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Go to Effects>Artistic Effects>Charcoal.
Use these settings.
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Go to Layers>Duplicate.
Go to Image>Mirror.
Click the small arrow next to the word "Normal" to see your
Layer Blend Modes. Click on Multiply.
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Go to Layers>Merge>Merge Visible
Click on your Deform Tool  .
Pull in the top and bottom of your image..
Click Apply on your Tool Options Palette when you're done.
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Go to Effects>Photo Enhance>Automatic Contrast Enhancement.
Use these settings.
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You may or may not want to add a bevel.
This is the bevel I used.
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Go to Selections>Select All.
Click on your wood with the Magic Wand 
to select it.
Go to Layers>New Raster Layer.
Flood Fill the new layer with the Old gradient.
Try the different Blend Modes for different looks.
You can try different gradients, also.
I used Multiply for the Blend Mode and lowered the Opacity to 67.
Go to Layers>Merge>Merge Visible.
Go to Selections>Select None.
That's it you're done.:)
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Experiment, and have fun!
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