Photoshop Tutorial

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In this tutorial we will create a stone texture.

Create a new document 800 x 600 pixels.
Make a new layer and fill with light Gray:
R: 129
G: 129
B: 129

Make foreground ink black and background white.
Make a new alpha channel and Apply Filter:
Render / Difference Clouds 3 times.

Apply Filter:
Texture / Grain
Intensity: 10
Contrast: 50
Grain Type: Soft

Go back to your gray layer and Apply Filter:
Render / Lighting Effects
Light Type: Directional
Intensity: +50
Gloss: -100
Material: -100
Exposure: 0
Ambience: +8
Texture Channel: Alpha 1
White is high: Yes
Height: 5
Go back to your gray layer and Apply Filter: Render / Lighting Effects Make the lighting path as shown.

Now just Colorize in Hue/Saturation for the colour you want.

Use transparency masks to highlight areas of colour

Done!