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Step 7: Click on the 'brushes' tab within Photoshop and duplicate the same settings as those on the left. The brush tip you select should be small and scatter well.

NB. Please note that the 'brushes' tab may be in different places depending on your version of Photoshop and OS. If in doubt, consult your manual.

Step 8: Click the Shape Dynamics checkbox in the brush dialog, and enter the settings on the left into the interface.

Step 9: Repeat the above process, but this time with the Scattering section of the brush dialog, using the settings opposite.  Once this is done you can leave the brushes dialog.

Step 10:  Create a new transparent layer on top of all the others. Using your newly-created grunge brush, add some grunge by drawing around the top left edge with light grey, and then again with dark grey.  After a little time it should look like the image on the left.

Step 11: Now comes the easy part!  Marge all your layers together except for the background layer.  This will leave you with a BG layer, and an object layer. Now, click on the object layer, and use Edit > Transform > Scale to shrink your object down to a very small size.   If you do this correctly, you should now have a small piece of a grungy interface.

Step 12: Well, now that you have the hang of this technique, repeat as much as desired to create your ideal interface. You just need to add some lines and a box. Make your lines grungy by using the same sort of settings on your brush as steps 7-9, but with the Eraser Tool. Finally, add a faint outer glow of black using layer effects to give your object depth. And there you have it - a grungy interface!

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Quote::egg: im having a small issue with the fact i cant seem to draw anything with the pen tools........either i am very bad at using them or, i am using a version of photoshop lower than the one you provided the tutorial with..........im using photoshop 7. my issue is that i simple cannot create a shape, and if by miraculous discovery i do, i just plain cannot fill the shape in any way shape or form. please give any advice you can.

:Overhere: Hey i have the xact same problem......Grrr no matter how hard i try it eludes me! Keep tryin!:biorust:

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Effective use of the pentools are an absolute artform, and it takes a LOT of practice to get shapes that resemle something decent. That said, maybe your problem with filling-in shapes is because you haven't closed the path? When drawing the path, make sure that you click back on the first anchor point you placed - this will close the path and enable the fill options. If you don't close the path you'll probably only have the 'stroke' options available to you...

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im having a small issue with the fact i cant seem to draw anything with the pen tools........either i am very bad at using them or, i am using a version of photoshop lower than the one you provided the tutorial with..........im using photoshop 7.

my issue is that i simple cannot create a shape, and if by miraculous discovery i do, i just plain cannot fill the shape in any way shape or form.

please give any advice you can.

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