Tutorial – Brushed Aluminium Effect – Photoshop

Ok, so start off by creating a New Blank Document by going to File > New…

Create a New Document with these settings

Next, change the foreground colour to #CECECE as seen in the screenshot below:

Change the foreground colour to #CECECE

Next we’re going to add an effect to the page called noise. To do this, from the menu bar Click Filter > Noise > Add Noise… and use the settings as shown in the picture below:

Apply the Noise Effect

Now Go to the menu bar again, and this time we’re going to blur the photo, to do this click Filter > Blur > Motion Blur…. See diagram Below:

Motion Blur Effect settings

We will now Crop the image to get rid the sides where the image didn’t quiet blur properly. See screenshot Below:

Crop the sides of the image.

Now to give the image a finishing touch, we will add a gradient to it. To do this, we must first turn the background layer into an editable layer. Right click on background in the layers tab to the left, and select Layer From Background…

Turn background into layer

Now proceed to add a gradient by right clicking the new layer, and selecting Blending Options. Make your gradient look similar to the 1 in the screenshot below:

Gradient should go from grey to white to grey

Make the style of the gradient as shown below:

Style of the gradient for the brushed aluminum

Click Ok and your Brushed Aluminium should look like this 1 here. The finished product.
Finished - Brushed Aluminium Effect with Photoshop

If so, congratulations, you now know how to make brushed aluminium with photoshop. If not… Please review the tutorial again and make sure you have done as I have done.

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