Textures are a useful resource that almost all designers have in their toolbox. They can be used in an unlimited number of works and usually they give character to a design piece. Although you can find thousands of metal textures on the internet, sometimes you have to make your own to match your design-specific needs.

Today, you will learn how to create a metal texture in Photoshop from scratch using only default Photoshop tools, adjustment layers, layer styles and a few filters.