Learn how to create a very simple grunge effect without brushes! Category: Filter Effects

Learn how to create a very simple grunge effect without brushes!

Step 1: Create a new document 400x300px, and fill the background black, go up to Filter->Render->Lens Flare (105mm Prime). So you should have something like below.


Step 2: Go up to Filter->Liquify, and make it look some what like below.


Step 3: Now duplicate the layer, and with the new layer on top selected, go up to Filter->Distort->Polar Coordinates (Rectangular to Polar). Now go up to Filter->Stylize->Wind (Wind, From the Left). You should have something like below.


Step 4: Now rotate the image by going to Edit->Transform->Rotate 90 CW, do that repeat the Wind Filter by going through the menu again or hitting Ctrl + F. Now Rotate 90 CW again and repeat the Wind Filter again, and one more time, and one more time, so you have done this a total of 4 times and you should now have something like below.


Step 5: Now change the blending mode of the current layer to "Linear Light." And I like to change the Hue/Saturation of the top layer to give it a little more effect, go up to Image -> Adjustments -> Hue/Saturation. Play with the settings, I put (Hue: 225, Saturation: 25, Lightness: -5). And of course merge the layers down by going up to Layers -> Merge Down.


Step 6: Add anything else you want, and call it good.

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