Create Fancy Red Background in Photoshop

 

This tutorial is about making a textured red background and using Photoshop’s Shape Tool to add a design element. You can download the sample PSD file from the link at the bottom of the tutorial.

Step 1:

We begin with a blank canvas and then add a plain red background of color – #780000 

Step 2:

Now Create a New Layer. Select Custom Shape Tool (U), choose a shape to use as our design element. I chose this Fleur-Di-Lis ymbol because it looks kind of neat. If you don't have lots of things to choose from, you can load in a few more libraries by clicking on that little arrow icon in the top right and then choosing Load Shapes. 

Step 3:

Now flat color backgrounds look a bit crappy, so we'll add a Radial Gradient. To do this, first make sure your foreground color and background color are set. I chose:

#830506 – Foreground Color
#370000 – Background Color

Now select the Gradient Tool and then click on Radial Gradient in the top left of the toolbar and draw a radial gradient starting from the center out.

With radial gradients (and gradients in general), it’s always a good idea to keep the color differential subtle. 

 

Step 4:

To start to get some texture, duplicate your gradient layer and go to 

Filters > Render > Fibers and use the default settings. Make sure you have your red colors still selected, as it makes a difference with the output.

Set the Opacity to 30%

Step 5:

Now Duplicate the layer with the Fibers and hit Ctrl-T for the Transform Tool. Hold down Shift and rotate the layer 90 degrees. Then place it down again. This will give a bit more texture. 

Add Gradient Overlay, Outer Glow and Stroke to Body Layer and tata...

here we have final effect.

Download Final PSD here