A metal texture background might be the perfect fit for your design project. High quality metal textures can fit right for all kinds of tones, from professional and sleek, to industrial and tough, to futuristic and hi-tech. There is such a wide range of metal textures out there that it is easy to become overwhelmed with the options you can find. We have a list here of both paid and free metal textures for you to use in your website designs. All of them are excellent quality metal textures, ranging from rough industrial looks to shiny polished ones. Take a look at some of the best metal textures you can find on the web! Metal Texture PackThis is set of free metal textures. It contains 8 high-resolution metal textures for use on your website. They are in JPG formats (4252x2835px). They are free to use for both commercial and personal projects. Free Gold Foil TexturesThis is a set of 4 reflective and shimmering gold foil textures. They are high res JPG images (1200×1200 px). They resemble hot foils stamping, adding a flashy or classy effect to your website design. 8 Tileable Metal TexturesThis is an expansive set of 8 tileable free metal textures. It includes brushed metal, carbon fiber, scratched metal, corrugated metal, and more. This pack of metal textures comes from Web Treats ETC. it includes a Photoshop pattern (.PAT) file with 16 patterns in two resolutions, 512×512 px and 1024×1024 px. It also has PSD files as well as all 16 patterns saved in JPG format. 10 High Resolution Rusty Metal TexturesThis is a good set of hi res rusty metal textures in 2500px x 1600px. They are available for free from Premium Pixels. Free Silver Grey Brushed Metal TexturesThis metal texture pack that’s free for commercial use. It comes from GraphicFlip. This metal texture pack comes with 4 shiny metal textures designed to resemble brushed silver grey metal. They are available as 3000×2000 px, 300 DPI resolution JPG images. They look great in web designs and can even work for print designs. Grunge Metal Red Grunge TextureThis is a free metal texture from Freepik. It is a simple yet striking grunge metal textures. You can download it as a 4000×4000 px JPG image. Metal Textures by Lost and TakenThis is a really large collection of metal textures. It includes grungy, rusty, copper, silver, and many more kinds of metal textures. Individual metal textures in this pack can be downloaded for free. You can also buy the entire collection of metal textures from the site. They are really great for adding some texture and a bit of a grungy feel to a site design. 5 High Quality Tileable Metal Textures (PSD)This metal texture pack is available from Graphics Fuel. It is a set of 5 tileable metal textures. They come in layered PSD files and 600×400 px JPGs that allow you to create repetitive patterns. Black Metal Grill Texture VectorThis is a set of dark metal grill metal backgrounds that come in AI and EPS formats. They are available for free download in two sizes, 800×800 px and 8—x1200 px. 5 Rusted Metal Sign TexturesAll of these metal textures from BittBox have been captured from a rusted metal sign, making them very realistic. 9 High-Res Rust and Metal TexturesThis set of 9 textures provides you with a high resolution rusted metal look. They come to us from Lost and Taken and are perfect for adding some grungy flair to your designs. Scratch Metal TexturesThis set of 2 metal textures comes in 5 colors. It is designed by graphicriders. They are available at GraphicRiver in the form of 2500×1875 px JPG files. Dark Metal Pattern PackThere are 10 seamless patterns and 3 seamless metal textures in this pack. They come in layered PSD files and Photoshop pattern files (PAT) in the download. Rust TexturesThis pack is available for purchase at Creative Market. It comes with 34 high-resolution textures. They will add a grungy and distressed look to any design you use them with. 8 Hi-Res Metal TexturesThis is a set of 8 high-resolution grunge metal textures. They come from graphcoder and are available on GraphicRiver in the form of 3000×2000 JPG images. 16 Ultimate Metal TexturesThis pack comes with of steel, silver, iron, rusty iron, old metal, grid metal, and screw iron metal textures. It was made by Photobus. All 16 textures are 5760X3840 px. You can purchase the collection from Creative Market. Brushed Metal TextureThese brushed metal textures are by Background Store. They come in layered PSD templates. They are great for many uses, including presentations, digital art, photography, print, and web design. They are available on Creative Market. The pack includes 6 JPG files, each of which is 3000×2500 px at 300dpi. 10 Tileable Metal Texture PatternsThis pack of 10 tileable metal textures was designed by muzikizum. They are available from GraphicRiver in PSD, JPG, and Photoshop pattern (.PAT) formats. Metal Textures PackThis pack of 9 high-resolution metal textures was created by Design Panoply. They are great for both print and web design use. They are available on Creative Market. Scratched Dirty MetalThis background is perfect for wherever you want a tough, grungy look. It was made by Nik Sorl. It is available on Creative Market in JPG format. 20 Corrugated Metal TexturesThis set of 20 high-resolution corrugated metal textures comes in 4272×2848 px JPG images. They are from iSource Textures on GraphicRiver. Metal Textures PackThis pack of metal textures is by Starnetblog and is available on GraphicRiver. It includes layered PSD files with 4 textures and 2 separate gradient layers. All of them are in 2592×3888 px JPG images. Sourcing Your Own Metal TexturesIf none of the above metal textures work for you, it is actually very simple to source your own. Here’s a step by step guide. In our example, we are trying to create a design with a gold metal texture effect. There are a number of ways to create this gold metal texture effect:
With some preparation and careful selection, any of these can result in a great looking gold metal texture. However, creating your own can be the perfect way to get the perfect metal texture for your design. Here is a step-by-step guide to creating your own gold metal texture: How to Create a Gold Metal Texture Using PhotoshopWhat’s going to make or break you here is the filter feature. It makes the creation of metal textures (or any kind of textures, really) much, much easier. It only takes a few adjustments to make a new and different unique texture. Of course, the first thing you need to do is fire up Photoshop. Double click your background layer so that it is unlocked and you can start making changes. 1.The baseSelect the foreground color #eddf87 and the background color #7f6623. Then, select Filter > Render > Clouds from the menu. The result is not very realistic yet, but it’s only the beginning. 2.The filter galleryOpen the filter gallery from the filter menu. The filter gallery window is separated into three parts: you have a preview on the left, you can select the filter in the middle, and you can make the adjustments for the selected filter on the right. Select the brush strokes group in the middle section and select the Sprayed Stokes filter from there. You can mess around with the settings in the filter to customize the filer. A small stroke length of 1 and a radius of 25 is a good middle selection if you’re not comfortable making your own selections quite yet. While still in the filter gallery, add a second filter. Click the New Icon on the right bottom side of the filter gallery window. Add a Glass Filter from the Distort Group. A useful set of settings are: distortion at 18, Smoothness at 1, Texture at Frosted, and Scaling at 117%. These settings are a good start. Feel free to make adjustments until the result looks good to you. 3.The final adjustmentsSelect the gold layer. Press CTRL+J (or CMD+J) to duplicate it. Go into Layer Palette to change the blend mode to Soft Light and bring the Opacity down to 70%. And there you go! You’ve created your very first metal texture. It likely took you less than 5 minutes. You can now freely use it in as many designs as you like. How to Create a Brushed Metal Texture in 3 StepsFor this tutorial, you’ll be using Adobe Illustrator. 1.Create a rectangle with a metallic gradientUse the Rectangle Tool (M). click and drag while holding down SHIFT to create a square. Make sure the square doesn’t; contain any fills or strokes. Select the gradient box at the bottom of the Tools panel. From there, select the Gradient Tool (G). Select the square shape in the Layers panel. Open the Gradient panel to select the Linear gradient type. Drag your Gradient Tool from the top of the square to the bottom to create a vertical gradient. There are likely two color boxes in your Gradient panel, the start and end boxes. If you want to create a third color box, click on the slider and drag it to the middle. From there, click on the left color box and change the color to R=159 G=159 B=159 in the color panel. Apply the same color settings to the right color box. Have the middle color box set to R=255G=255 B=255 for white. 2.Add linesSelect the Line Segment Tool. Drag it horizontally from left to right. In the Appearance panel, make the line segment a fill of solid black and no stroke. In the Tools panel, select the Direct Selection Tool (A) then click on the line segment while pressing the ALT button on the keyboard. This will make a copy of the line segment. Drag this line segment down. Continue doing this until the entire square is filled with horizontal lines. 28 copies is a good number for your first brushed metal texture, but it’s up to you. Select all of your line segments in the Layers panel and then Group them together. Duplicate this set of lines. From there, drag the duplicate group of lines above the original lines. Repeat this around five times, until all of the lines are quite close together. After that, Group all of these line sets together to create one large collection of lines. The spaces between the lines do not have to be equal because variation creates a natural texture. Select the Free Transform Tool (E). Move the line segments so that they are inside the square that you made earlier. This will stretch the lines so there will be no blank spaces at the top and bottom. 3.RoughenSelect the group of lines in the Layers panel. Then choose Effect > Distort & Transform > Roughen with these settings: Size=1 px, Absolute, Detail= 1/in, and Points= Corner. From there, choose Object > Expand Appearance. Change the color of the lines to R=158 G=158B=158 for a gray color. And you’re done! You’ve made a brushed metal texture. Once you understand this technique, you can use it for a variety of metal textures. If you enjoyed reading this article about Metal Texture, you should read these as well:
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