Creating a Grass Texture

Monday, August 18 2008

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a nice-looking grass texture from scratch using PhotoShop.

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We will start off with a blank canvas, and making sure our colors are default (black and white), we will goto Filter > Render > Clouds.

Next, we will add Filter > Noise > Add Noise at around 30%, but this depends upon your image size and clouds - experiment:

Goto Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and set it to around 1px. And then finally, Filter > Brush Strokes > Spatter. Use between 20 and 25 for the Spray Radius, and 1-3 for the Smoothness.

Now to color the dirt, we goto Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation. Make sure the colorize option is checked, and choose a brown color.

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Create a new layer and fill it with a green color for the grass. Then goto Filter > Noise > Add Noise. Use a relatively low value - 15-30.

Now we do the same as the dirt layer - add a Gaussian Blur (Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur) of 1px.

Next, goto Filter > Stylize > Wind, and choose the Stagger option, and From the Left.

Then goto Image > Rotate Canvas 90° CCW, and apply the Wind Filter again, but this time from the Right. Then rotate the canvas back to normal. We are left with something like this:

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Your grass may need the contrast altering a little, or the color changing. To do this, goto Image > Adjustments > Brightness/Contrast and Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation.
Now to show some of dirt through the grass, to give it a worn look, we will add a Layer Mask to our grass layer. Click the Mask icon () at the bottom of the Layer panel. When in the mask, choose a sft brush and change it's opacity to 30% or so in the Brush options in the top toolbar. Use the brush to paint onto the mask where you want worn areas to show. The resulting image should look something like this:

As with everything in PhotoShop, experimentation is definitely the key. Try changing values around to see what outcomes you get.

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georgio said on 10/12/2008 at 9:22 AM

mine didnt look like yours at all :D XD

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Luke said on 05/06/2009 at 6:50 PM

GREAT!!!

nick said on 05/29/2009 at 10:20 AM

i cant get the dirt to show through with the soft paint brush. i added a layer mask to my grass layer and i try to paint on the grass like he says but nothing happens. it just stays green. which it looks ok. but it would look more realistic if i can get some brown spots. any help would be appreciated.

Andy said on 06/10/2009 at 6:10 PM

@nick

I had that same problem until I set my active color to black instead of white at the bottom of my toolbar below the zoom button

Nick said on 08/03/2009 at 10:07 AM

@ Andy Thanks. i will try this again later.

ramesh said on 08/18/2009 at 9:50 AM

this tutorial how to download

Chetan said on 10/21/2009 at 10:29 PM

thanx,, but unless you dont zoom, it does'nt look like grass.

and Mr Ramesh.. you can download it by saving the page.. stupid!!

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I have tried it. Very simple and very accurate.

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