In this Adobe® Photoshop tutorial, you will learn some new techniques to create a brushed metal design using the Noise and texture tools. It is necessary for the reader to have some basic knowledge of the various tools used in Photoshop. This tutorial is best suited for Advanced Photoshop Designers. So let's move in to the tutorial now.
Select the gradient tool by pressing "G" Now set the tool to linear gradient in the Gradients Palette. Take your mouse to the top left and click and drag to the bottom right.
This has now created a gradient fill. Now go to Filter-->Add Noise your image should look grainy like this. Select Monochromatic so that strange colors are not added.
Now go to filter-->blur-->motion blur. Set angle for 0 and distance to taste.
You can now see a fresh brushed piece of metal.
To change the color: Hue/Saturation, Ctrl/Cmd +U. Slide the Hue slider to get different colors. This is the method used to produce the trendy Brushed metal that is used on Apples branding.
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