Background

[skydog]

Is there an easy way to make backgrounds like this? Is there a filter or brush type I should be using? Thanks

[skydog]

Taking this one step further...if I have the background design I like...is there an easy way to change the colors (if colors are on different layers I can do it, but what if it is already combined?) In the above example what if I wanted the yellow to be royal blue and the green to be white? I tried selecting color and pulling that color to a separate layer and then do an inverse on the selection for another layer, but it just ain't the same. Regardless, the first request (initial creation) is more important than this.

[des151]

skydog,
I used select/color range to select the yellow and filled it with blue and just a white layer behind the blue layer.

Ray

[chillin]

Google search: how to create grunge brushes

[shutterpup]

Obsidian dawn has a bunch of cool brushes that you can download for free, and there are instructions on how to load them if you need help with that also.

[cricket1961]

sky
There is a plugin that does that kind of grunge work. The name
Escapes me at theoment. There is a series of them.

Chris

[skydog]

thanks for the feedback...

Chris ..hopefully your are not at the age of a "senior moment"..if you remember, let me know..thanks...

[Rydiant]

Maybe these are what Chris thought of:

http://www.misterretro.com/machine_w...rs_bundle.html

I've never used the Image Wash filters but I've admired them for a while. They seem to have been prepared with a lot of care, like the company's visual identity.