Creative Weaving: Creating a Wood-Grain Effect in Photoshop

Creating this effect is simple and has multiple uses in design. The colors used today are ones that will produce a lighter wood effect. You may choose any colors you like to let your creativity run wild.




1. Set up your document size (for this tutorial 300 x 500px is fine).

2. Set both a "foreground" (25,43,76,3) and "background" (32,56,98,17) color. Then fill your canvas with your "foreground" color.
















3. Under "filter" select "noise >> add noise". You can choose to adjust these settings depending on specific needs for your project (we are using 7.16%, gaussian and monochromatic settings). Click ok.


4. Under "filter" select "blur >> motion blur". Change the "angle" to 90º and adjust the "distance" to 15 pixels. Click ok.


5. Under "filter" select "artistic >> poster edges". Adjust the settings to achieve the desired woodgrain look. Here we have chosen "edge thickness: 1" - "edge intensity: 0" - "posterization: 6". Click ok.

Your project should resemble a perfect wood finish. However wood-grain is almost never perfect. So let's run one additional filter to make this project look naturally imperfect!




6. Under "filter" select "liquify". Have fun toggling between the "forward warp tool" and the "twirl clockwise tool" to achieve the realistic wood effect. Click ok.












We hope you had fun completing this project with us. For more information on how we can achieve Creative Weaving for you or your organization, contact us today!