Polished Wood Background Texture

In today's tutorial I will show you how to create an authentic "Polished Wood" background / texture in Adobe Photoshop. This technique is perfect when you're doing wood paneling for cabinetry and furniture, as well as walls for houses.

Make a new image, I chose 600x200, but use whatever you please. Set your foreground color to #bb9966 and your background color to #885533. Fill the layer with your foreground color.



Select Filter » Render » Fibers and set the variance to 16.0 and the strength to 42.0. Render the fibers.



Now to add a varnished look to the wood texture. Style your layer with a Gradient Overlay, using the following options: Soft Light Blend Mode, 45% Opacity, Default Black to White Gradient (Reversed), Reflected Style.