- 1). Click the "File" menu's "New" command, then click "OK" to create a new canvas for making scuffed leather.
- 2). Click the tiny black-and-white square icons at the bottom of the tool palette to reset the canvas's foreground and background colors to their defaults of black and white.
- 3). Click the "Filter" menu's "Texture" sub-menu, then click "Stained glass." Click "OK" on the dialog box that appears to accept the default settings for this filter. The "Stained glass" texture provides the foundation of the leather texture.
- 4). Click the "Layer" menu's "New fill layer" sub-menu, then click the "Solid color" command. Drag the "Opacity" slider left until the slider's text box indicates "50 percent."
- 5). Click any of the items from the "Color" drop-down list to open the color picker window. Click a brown color from the window, then click "OK" to finalize your color selection. The basic leather texture is now visible. You'll enhance it with lighting, then add a scuffed effect.
- 6). Click the "Layer" menu's "Merge visible" command to combine all layers into a single layer, then click the "Filter" menu's "Render" sub-menu. Click the "Lighting effects" command.
- 7). Drag the ellipse graphic in the preview window upward to create the appearance of a light source above the leather, then click "OK" to finalize the lighting effect.
- 8). Click the "Filter " menu's "Noise" sub-menu, then click the "Dust and scratches" command. Drag the "Radius" slider to the right until the "Preview" window displays a leather texture that appears sufficiently scuffed.
- 9). Click "OK" to commit the scuffed effect and complete the scuffed leather image.
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