Photoshop Lessons and Tutorials

Open a new document in photoshop sizing:

Make a rectangular shape and fill with black.

Go to Filter > Noise > Add Noise…

Use the following settings:

Go to Filter > Blur > Motion Blur…

Use the following settings:

Select a layer mask and choose hue/saturation…

Your layers will look like this:

Use the following settings on the adjustment layer:

You’ll have something like this:

Press Command T to transform, and select warp…

Warp like this:

Select the burn tool.

Use the following settings:

Burn edges.

Duplicate the layer by pressing Command J.

Set the blending mode on the duplicated layer to Screen.

You’ll have this:

Select both layers by holding shift, and right click… select Merge Layers

Now duplicate the merged layers, set the blending mode to Multiply at 10% opacity and arrange like this:

Now, merge top 3 layers together.

Using the rectangular marquee tool, select the top of the bamboo. Press Command T to transform, and right click to select Warp.

Use this as your guide to shape:

Select a soft edge paintbrush, choose black as the foreground color, and toggle the opacity to paint like this:

Paint along edges to create depth.

You’ll have this:

Duplicate this layer.

Arrange on top of the other piece to get this finished look: