Grunde Border

Subject: Grunde Border Mon Jun 02, 2008 3:25 pm

This is a really simple effect but it looks awesome and this effect is used everywhere.
Its a border , which I used in Frit's sig , but of course with some adjustments ;D. For this tut your going to need a .psd file so heres a mini tut on it:
Mine image is going to be 500x500 and if you want the effect to be good , I advise you to make the .psd file the same.
1) Open a new image. ( Mines 500x500 )

2) Press "D" on your keyboard.

3) Go to Filter>Render>Difference Clouds.

4) Go to Filter>Artistic>Palette Knife.

5) Go to Filter>Artistic>Poster Edges.

6) Now duplicate the layer your on ( CTRL J ) and on the newly made layer go to Filter>Distort>Glass.
Now go to Blending Mode in the layers and put it as "Overlay:

7) Now save the file as GrungeBorder.psd (MAKE SURE ITS .PSD!)

GRUNGE BORDER TUTORIAL

Ok open a new image the same size as that .psd file. ( For me its 500x500)
Use the Rectangular Marquee tool :

Now make a selection such as :

Now right click the area selected and press "Select Inverse".

Now Fill it with Black ( Using the pain bucket tool )
Press "CRTL D" To deselect.

Now go to Filter>Distort>Displace , click Okay/Yes. It will ask you where the displacement Image is ,
direct it to the GrungeBorder.psd
Well thats it !
You can try repeating it by pressing CRTL F.
Or maybe making it look cooler by using a large soft ( 0% Hardness eraser)
Heres what I got :

Enjoy! And if something went wrong/Don't understand tell me !