40 Excellent Photoshop Tutorials for Textures and Backgrounds

Published June 2nd, 2008 in Design

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Photoshop provides designers with unlimited options for creating unique and attractive backgrounds. One of the most popular approaches is to create some type of textured background, and fortunately there are a number of helpful tutorials to teach you all the tricks you need to know.

You may also be interested in the following collections of Photoshop tutorials:

Texturing of Old Paper

Abstract Background of Colored Bars

The Ultimate Wood Texture Tutorial

Liquid Blood Background

Fabric Folds

Smooth Silk Texture

Creating a Wrinkled Paper Effect

Creating a Mac-Type Background in Photoshop

Windows Vista Aurora Effect

Crumpled Photo Texture Tutorial

Creating Patterns in Photoshop CS2

How to Create Brushed Aluminum

Creating a Wood Texture

Creating a Metallic Background

Creating a Fur Texture

Creating a Gold Texture

How to Create Jean Cloth Texture in Photoshop

Creating a Grungy Metal Texture

Photoshop Marble Textures Tutorial Using Filters

Photorealistic Rock and Stone Textures

How to Create Hardwood Flooring with Wood Texture Bricks

Creating a Tile Pattern

Creating a Desert Texture

Creating a Metallic Floor Pattern

Creating a Leaf Texture

Texture of Black Bubbles Effects

Creating a Choppy Seas Effect in Photoshop

Water from Below

Rusty Surface Texture in Photoshop

Crumpled Paper Bag

Creating a Cool Brushed Metal Surface in Photoshop

Red Tissue

Clean Background Effect

Stone Texture

Wallpaper Background Texture

Satin Cloth Texture (video)

How to Add Scan Lines to Your Photo

Creating Plaid Patterns

Stone Texture

81 Responses to “40 Excellent Photoshop Tutorials for Textures and Backgrounds”

Simon Ward June 2nd, 2008

I really like this one Steven, I will use some of these with my ICT classes. Cheers.

Vandelay Design June 2nd, 2008

Great! Thanks for the feedback Simon.

Scott Fillmer June 2nd, 2008

Great list, thanks for sharing. You really know how to come up with the goods in photoshop. I have been using photoshop (CS2) for years and year with my photography, still learn something new all the time.

Vandelay Design June 2nd, 2008

Hey Scott,
Thanks. I’m glad you found some useful tutorials here.

Ricardo June 3rd, 2008

Good selection.

NYC guy June 3rd, 2008

Very good tutorial. I really like the Wood Texture. Thanks.

Biodun June 3rd, 2008

Thanks for sharing this nice tutorial, Smooth Silk Texture is great man…

Charles Lumia June 3rd, 2008

That list is amazing, thanks.
I literally just started using photoshop, as such I am pretty much completely ignorant as to how to use it properly. I’m sure that all of these tutorials will come in handy as I continue my learning.

david June 4th, 2008

wow, these are great … i plan on using some of these as wallpapers to give out to friends.

thanks for sharing

david
http://www.davidsmeaton.com

Office Rat :) June 4th, 2008

Thank you! especially impressive: Creating a Mac-Type Background in Photoshop. Oh when I get the professional level to do the same…

Karl Hardisty June 4th, 2008

For some reason I see some use in our future for the scan lines effect. I have no idea why.

Oliver Blake June 5th, 2008

Thanks for the list. Will have to have a look at the tutorials in more detail and im sure they will come in handy sometime soon.

Raymondo June 5th, 2008

I found tht really interesting thanks! Come back after one of your other photo tutorial lists got me hooked.

diets June 6th, 2008

These tutorials of photoshop are exquisite. Thanks. I really willing to learn more of these backgrounds especially liquid blood and stone texture.

andy June 7th, 2008

Good tutorials. The wood one is the best. Always interested in getting better with photoshop.

acne treatments June 9th, 2008

I see some use in our future for the scan lines effect. I have no idea why.

jones June 9th, 2008

those are some pretty good background, you are skilled with the brush.

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real estate director June 10th, 2008

Oh man the pics are really awesome, and its nice editing with photoshop. thanks for the pics.

web design company June 12th, 2008

Nice list of tutorials, always wanted to make a wall paper like the vista ones!

Sangesh June 19th, 2008

Great collection of tutorials mate. Specially I liked the Grungy Metal Texture.

Jenny June 22nd, 2008

those are nifty. I’m gonna try out some of them and see how I do.

Commission Blueprint September 28th, 2008

Blueprint Commission is also a great place for photoshop tutorials. Yours are great too,

texturebank October 10th, 2008

Great textures Also check out http://www.texturebank.com for original textures and backgrounds

Kraken November 22nd, 2008

Nice pc desktop backgrounds.

healthy January 9th, 2009

Wow! Nice become wallpaper on desktop

muscleguy January 12th, 2009

Thanks again! Keep it up!

rohan January 18th, 2009

thanks for this super article

Karen Leach February 25th, 2009

Fabric folds tutorial: missing steps?!?!? a new drag of the gradient tool just overwrites the last step. how do you get multiple gradients??

Vandelay Design February 26th, 2009

Karen,
You’d have to ask the tutorial author… Have you tried using multiple layers? If you’re on the same layer it will just go over top of the last gradient.

Shamwow March 16th, 2009

excellent photographs and texures… very much liked.. please keep it up

mohita nagi March 21st, 2009

A excellent site to learn photoshop in so easy manner.Thanx for giving so comfortable step to understand the concepts of designs.I am eagerly waiting to learn new.thanx and oblige.

Mohita Nagi,
Architect Asstt.
India