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11. Load the wood grain Channel Mask again and this time set the feather to 5. Fill with darker brown. |
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12. Load the wood grain Channel Mask once more. This time, don't feather the selection but fill once again with a darker brown. If you are working on a layer, adjust the layer Opacity to make the grain more subtle.
You are now finished painting the basic grain. Use Color Balance or Hue/Saturation to adjust the color of your wood. |
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13. To roughen the grain, duplicate the layer that contains the art for the darkest grain. Depending on the image resolution, add Noise at a setting of 30-60 pixels and apply Motion Blur at 12-26 pixels. (You can also try Filter > Pixelate > Mezzotint... instead of Noise.) Adjust the Opacity and Layer Mode (try Soft Light). |
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