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Creating a Brush Metal effect is very simple and can be done in seconds. For best results follow this written tutorial or watch the recorded tutorial below.

The first thing that you are going to need to do is create a project. It doesn’t matter what size, the effect will look all the same. Once you have your pallet open, fill the background with a dark gray color. #585858 works quite well. Make sure that all of this editing is done on the same, one layer. Next, you want to add some “noise” or static to your project by going to Filter>Noise>Add Noise. I use around 25-30, you can use however much you want, depending on how you want the effect to look. Next step is taking that noise and stretching it out to make it look like a metal texture. This is done through your filter tab, Filter>Motion>Motion Blur. I used about 21 pixels. As you might see, you get a crappy edge around your project..to get rid of that grab the Rectangular Marquee Tool, or (M) on the keyboard, and make a square a bit inside your project. Try to make the Marquee Box as even as possible, all the way around. You will see “marthing ants”, now click Comand>T, or Transform and drag out the corners of your Marquee Box to the edges of your project, to get rid of the nasty edge. Get rid of the marching ants my clicking Command>D, for deselect. We are almost done! The last step to makeing this look great is adding Lighting Effects to your project. Do this by going to Filter>Render>Lighting Effects. From there you will set it as default, move light to your desired position, and press ok. And there you will have your Brush Metal Effect!

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