40 Excellent Photoshop Tutorials for Textures and Backgrounds

Photoshop provides designers with unlimited options for creating unique and attractive backgrounds. One of the most popular approaches is to create some type of textured background, and fortunately there are a number of helpful tutorials to teach you all the tricks you need to know.

Texturing of Old Paper

Abstract Background of Colored Bars

The Ultimate Wood Texture Tutorial

Liquid Blood Background

Fabric Folds

Smooth Silk Texture

Creating a Wrinkled Paper Effect


Creating a Mac-Type Background in Photoshop

Windows Vista Aurora Effect

Crumpled Photo Texture Tutorial

Creating Patterns in Photoshop CS2

How to Create Brushed Aluminum

Creating a Wood Texture

Creating a Metallic Background

Creating a Fur Texture


Creating a Gold Texture

How to Create Jean Cloth Texture in Photoshop (this tutorial is no longer online)

Creating a Grungy Metal Texture

Photoshop Marble Textures Tutorial Using Filters

Photorealistic Rock and Stone Textures

How to Create Hardwood Flooring with Wood Texture Bricks

Creating a Tile Pattern

Creating a Desert Texture

Creating a Metallic Floor Pattern

Creating a Leaf Texture

Texture of Black Bubbles Effects

Creating a Choppy Seas Effect in Photoshop

Water from Below

Rusty Surface Texture in Photoshop

Crumpled Paper Bag

Creating a Cool Brushed Metal Surface in Photoshop

Red Tissue

Clean Background Effect (this tutorial is no longer online)

Stone Texture

Wallpaper Background Texture

Satin Cloth Texture (video)

How to Add Scan Lines to Your Photo (this tutorial is no longer online)

Creating Plaid Patterns

Stone Texture