Need help following this tutorial -Photoshop

[Ian Jones]

"with a freebie metal texture to use as your base"

Grab it from the link directly below the part 2 text. Once you got it, open the texture and:

Do a select all -> edit -> define pattern

keep reading the tut more carefully. hope thats what you wanted.

[Girn26]

sorry didnt help :shrug: . I need someone to tell me what he did in PART 2 specifically so I can understand it. The one about making scratches. If anyone can do that I would greatly appreciate it.

[Marcel]

"Click the pencil tool and draw a buncha random lines to look like scratch marks, I used a medium grey color"

Draw some scratches on a new layer with a medium grey color.

"Duplicate the layer and set it to multiply. Click back to the original and nudge it down and over 1 pixel. "

Make a copy of this layer and move it one pixel downwards and to the right. Set layer blending mode to 'multiply'

"Drop the opacity of the original layer down to about 70%. If necessary make the top layer a little darker. Take the eraser tool and wear down the edges of the scratches just a bit, so it’s not so harsh. Run a noise filter on the lines if you want. :)

Make the first layer lesss transparent and the second a bit darker.
Use the eraser to erase the beginning and ends of the scratches.

Which part don't you understand? Sounds all very clear to me.

[Girn26]

ok thx but I dont understand the part move one pixel downward and to the right. How do I do that?

[Girn26]

nm I got it thx

[Jide]

Ok im wondering if anyone here knows what he did in PART 2

"He's" actually a she, for possible future reference :)

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