How to make this

[healing1000]

Hello Im new to photoshop can someone tell me how to make a texture similar to this where the color goes smoothly from white/gray in the middle to black at the edges

 

[IamSam]

Hi,

It's very hard to tell what the texture is in the center from this small image. If the gray were solid, it would be just a gray radial gradient expanded from the center of a black canvas. I suspect that it is just that with added texture. I would have to mess around with this to get it exact.



Just grab the Gradient tool, select radial from the tool bar, select foreground to transparent, select a gray foreground color and then pull a gradient from the center of a black canvas.

 

[iDad]

To me it looks like a simple round Soft feathered brush (gray) with some monochrome noise added to it and then black layer on top in subtract mode

 

[IamSam]

I think you may be right iPop, it's hard to tell from the little image.

 

[iDad]

I think bit more than just a feather brush is going on, perhaps a dab of a speckled brush as an eraser to get that broken up look?

 

[IamSam]

This is a speckled brush with the edges erased. Set the eraser's opacity to about 10%.

 

[iDad]

try feathering edes of spec brush .5/ 1 px? od play with fill opacity?

 

[iDad]

also put lighter color in the middle with a black layer on bottom Blacklayer on top,

 

[IamSam]

I think we're talking to ourselves again Dad..............the OP is not responding.

 

[iDad]

I think I'm talking to myself again, Dad..............the OP is not responding.

It wouldn't be the first time like I just told Hawkeye, it's a losing battle

 

[healing1000]

Iamsam: I followed the steps and made the image u posted in your first reply, its okay but I want to try and make it more smooth like the original.

Right now im too much of a newbie to understand what you and Idad said in the rest of the comments, would you tell me in a more noob friendly way please?
sorry for the late reply I didnt expect a quick feedback.

Ill post a bigger version of the original image
(still confused with the forum system if its still small its first in goo.gle images "black texture

 

[ibclare]

I still think the idea of a radial gradient on a layer above might solve that problem. Set the gradient to balck to transparent, reverse the direction.

If you want it less spherical, add a mask to the gradient layer and paint it out slowly with a soft, lowered opacity black brush (used on the mask of course).

 

[IamSam]

Ok Healing,

Now that I can see the image, I believe it to be concrete with a gradient effect. (Like Clare explained)

1. I found a suitable concrete image that I liked.



2. I then desaturated the concrete by going to IMAGE > ADJUSTMENTS > DESATURATE.
I also adjusted the levels by going to IMAGE > ADJUSTMENTS > LEVELS. I made it much darker.



3. I then chose my Gradient tool.



I then clicked the first arrow on the left.



Which opened this window. I chose the foreground to transparent gradient. Make sure your foreground color is set to black.



4. Notice the image above of the toolbar with the three arrows. I set the Gradient to radial (second arrow) and then to reverse (third arrow).

I created a new layer above the concrete layer and I then pulled a Gradient from the inside out.



Note: The dark spots are where I added some extra dark brush strokes which I usually place on their own layer, ignore them.



Final image. Not quite like the original but you can see ONE way it could have been done!

 

[iDad]

More than one way to skin a cat. With Photoshop!

 

[sprucemagoo1]

I tried to copy the effect with a similar texture of rock, and this is what I got. The .psd under the pic shows what I did to get to that resultView attachment 31295
View attachment 31296

 

[healing1000]

Hey thanks to everyone but specially Iamsam for his step by step instructions
I figured how to make what I wanted from his post and magoo post
Made this from a different rock image