1. Create a new 600×600 pixel document with a resolution of 100 and name it Wood. Show color, then Input the numbers of the following color: [R: 109, G: 79, B:48]. Then fill the document with the color. You should get something similar to right. If you wish to have a differen’t shade of wood I explain that further at the bottom of the tutorial.

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2. Now copy the Layer you made in step 1. Select the Copied layer, apply a noise filter with settings [Amount: 60%, Distribution: Uniform, and ‘Monochromatic’ checked]. Next apply a motion blur with settings [Angle: 0° Distance: 50]. Adjust the brightness/contrast with settings [Brightness: -15, Contrast: +45]. Now you most likely will have the ulginess on either side of your image. So adjust the canvas size to [Height: 550 pixels, Width: 550 pixels] and the anchor box should have the center square selected.

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3. Show channels and create a new channel. Press D and then X on keyboard to reset colors to white and black. Then apply a clouds filter to the channel. Now load the selection from the ‘alpha’ layer and then show layers. Create a new layer, then show color and set the color to [R: 124, G: 86, B: 23]. Fill the selection on the new layer with the color. Deselect then change the layers blending mode to ‘Color Dodge’.
Now repeat Step 3 exactly, except when setting the color make it [R:
65, G: 46, B: 29] and make the blending mode to ‘Multiply’ instead of color dodge.

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4. Create a new layer, press D then X, and fill the layer (with white). Now add a noise filter with settings [Amount: 140%, Distribution: Uniform, and ‘Monochromatic’ checked. Then set the layers blending mode to ‘Overlay’ and set the opacity to 10%. If you want a more or less grainy look to the wood make opacity higher or lower.

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5. Now if you want your wood to look like its a fence or wall (boards atop another) then do this step. If not just ignore it. Create a new layer, then select the ‘Single Row Marquee Tool’. Click where you would like the seperation to be and press D. Then fill the row (with black), press down arrow once and fill again. Press X, then press down arrow and fill (with white). Press down arrow and fill again. Now change the layers blending
mode to ‘Soft Light’.

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You should now have a nice piece of wood. Its appearance gives an old wooden look to it. I am soon going to make a nice modern wood texture which will be nice. If you want a lighter or darker shade of wood, then the first color I gave you make it lighter or darker, and do so for the rest.