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This is a cool effect that can make any background (especially brushed metal) instantly more impressive. (If you haven't completed the brushed metal tutorial its a good idea to check it out first here

Difficulty Level - Beginner
Software Requirements - Adobe Photoshop 6 or higher


Okay, open the background image that you want to apply the rust to. Here, I used brushed metal (see my brushed metal tutorial here.) Press D to set your foreground colour to their defaults, and press Control + Backspace (Mac - Command + Delete) to fill your selection with white (your background colour). Now, go to Filter > Noise > Add Noise and use these settings
Now, go to Filter > Stylize > Emboss and use these settings. This will form our basic rust.
Now, this doesnt look much like rust. Go to Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation and check the Colorize box to change the colour. If you want to see the settings I used, click here. This should give you a nice rusty colour, and the whole thing should begin looking a little more realistic.
For the next step, we need to add a layer mask to our rust layer. Click the Layer Mask button in the layers palette (Illustrated Right). Also, now is a good time to name our layers 'Rust' and 'Background'.
Now to make our rust blend in with our background. First, in the layers palette, set the layer blend mode to Overlay. Now, (remember you have a layer mask applied), go to Filter > Render > Clouds. This masks off part of the rust layer so only some is visible, making it seem realistic on the background. You may have to run this filter a couple of times to get the right effect, to repeat a filter, you can use the keyboard shortcut Control + F (Mac - Command + F).
Here I applied the rust effect to a cog, to demonstrate how you could use it. (Incidentally, I'll be adding a cog tutorial soon.) Hope you enjoyed this tutorial, if you have any feedback, I'd be happy to hear from you at b3ns0n@msn.com




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