Stone Texture Tutorial

You will need the following tools to complete this tutorial:

• Paint Shop Pro 7.0 or higher
• Simple Filters - Quick Tile (optional)

1. Open a new image (File > New): any size you need for your masonry project (mine is 200 x 200 pixels), 72 ppi, white, 16.7 million colours.
2. Apply Effects > Texture Effects > Blinds using the default settings (click the button).

   

3. Apply Effects > Artistic Effects > Brush Strokes using the following settings (select the Default preset and change the colour to #4040FF):

   

4. Apply Effects > Texture Effects > Rough Leather using the default settings (click the button).

   

5. Set your foreground colour to #FFFFFF and apply Effects > Artistic Effects > Hot Wax Coating.

   

6. Apply Effects > Noise > Despeckle. Starting to look pretty neat, huh?

   

7. Apply Effects > Artistic Effects > Coloured Chalk: detail 20, opacity 40. Your mossy stone wall texture is now finished!

   

Optional steps:

• You can change the colour of the moss by going to Colours > Adjust > Hue/Saturation/Lightness and dragging the top slider (click the button first); if you adjust the hue by -30 or so, you'll get a grey/brown cobblestone look:

  

• To turn your texture into a seamless tile, apply Effects > Plugin Filters > Simple > Quick Tile. However, unless you're using the texture as a stationery or Web page background, it's usually better simply to start this tutorial with a large enough canvas so that it won't need to tile - that way you'll avoid those pesky repeating patterns.

  Click on the image to see it tiled.

Tip: What to use your new texture for? A stone wall, path, bridge, street, cottage, castle, mansion... Let your imagination fly! If you need a little help, check out Original Ronni Designs for some nice tutorials on stone buildings and such.

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