[request] Dashboard widget back texture

I tried to reproduce the back image of Dashboard widgets but i just couldnt` get the texture to look exactly like in the original or at least similar enough. The texture reminds me of linnen fabric but i couldn`t find one that looks like the one on widget's back image.

Anyone knows where i could get that texture or how to make one that looks similar enough to the real thing?

Thanks

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Could you post a picture of the back image of a dashboard widget?

#301577

I could:

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Of course my version of it could use a little bit more effort to smooth it some more and fix the gradients but uh.. We're here for the texture alone are we not? A very simple photoshop procedure.

1. Make your rounded shape (like so)

2. on a new layer above fill it with a semi-black color

3. use the add noise filter and fill it with monochrome gaussian noise at a level to your liking I used like 25 percent.

4. apply a crosshatch brush stroke filter with the stroke length kinda high

5 clip your textured layer into your shape and rotate it about 45 degrees either way, adjust the opacity accordingly.

blah blah, etc etc....

hope that's what you were looking for

EDIT: I just updated the image after working on it for a little bit to make it look more like the original one. Linked it to my site too for no reason lol.

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