Wood Texture 1

Create your own wood texture from scratch using Photoshop.

Here are the steps.

01.  Run Photoshop and press Ctrl + N to create a new document (or go to File > New...). In this tutorial, I will be using 500 x 500 px, 72 ppi and a white background.

02.   Now, go to the Toolbox and change the foreground color to #5d440c or any dark shade of brown and the background color to #a26b33.

03.  Next, go to Filter > Render > Clouds.

04.  Then, add some noise.  Go to Filter > Noise > Add Noise... with the following settings.  Amount = 20%, Gaussian, and check Monochromatic.

05.  Then, go to Filter > Blur > Motion Blur... with these settings.

06.  Next, go to Filter > Render > Fibers...

07.  Go to Image > Adjustments > Levels... and make some adjustments.

And here's our simple wood texture.

Well, if you want to go farther (just a thought) go to your Layers Palette double click "Layer 1" to bring out the  Layer Style Menu and follow these settings.

Finally, here's your wood texture.