The word of the day is “rust”, but don’t worry about any metal objects you have around, because all there is to know about rust is how to create it… in Photoshop, of course!

Creating a Rusty Texture in Photoshop

1. Create a new document, using any settings you want. Just try to keep the document square, if you want to use it as a texture, later…

Creating a Rusty Texture in Photoshop

2. Fill the background using the color coded #CC9966.

Creating a Rusty Texture in Photoshop

3. Apply Filter>Render>Clouds.

Creating a Rusty Texture in Photoshop

4. Now, use Filter>Sharpen>Unsharp Mask, with 500%, 3, 0 as settings.

Creating a Rusty Texture in Photoshop

5. Next, Filter>Noise>Add Noise, with settings 10, Uniform, Monochromatic.

Creating a Rusty Texture in Photoshop

6. Duplicate the background layer, and set the blending mode of the duplicate to Hard Light.

Creating a Rusty Texture in Photoshop

This is it? Yes, that’s all for now, folks! I hope you enjoyed today’s tutorial, because it was a pleasure to do it, so if you love it (or hate it), don’t forget to drop me a comment!