We will be making a texture that imitates the expensive green granite stone. This will be your final result:

Create a new layer, we decided in 150*150 px, but it really is up to you. Fill it with the white colour.

Go to Filter >> Noise >> Add Noise, and add amount of noise as shown on the picture below, as “Gaussian”.

After this, go to Filter >> Sketch >> Chalk & Charcoal, and apply settings as shown on the picture. Be sure to adjust the stroke pressure, to give the image more “depth”.

Click OK. Now your image already looks a bit like an old stone, but we won’t stop here, we will go ahead and polish it.

Go to Image >> Adjustments >> Levels… and move the black and white arrows closer to the center, so that they will be “in range” of the main level curve. If you are not sure, just copy the numbers from the screen shot below. I wouldn’t recommend skipping the level correction as it gives the texture a lot more natural contrast and depth which simple contrast adding and brightening cannot achieve.

When you are done and your texture now has a lot more contrast, like the real granite stone has, press Ctrl + U, to go to Hue / Saturation window. Reduce the Saturation and move the “Hue” arrow to 94 (green hues). This is very much optional, you may as well choose a different hue, such as blue or reddish, but bare in mind that it has to be a “natural” stone colour. Moreover, if you will not reduce the saturation, your image will be too bright and will not look natural, let alone will hurt the eyes.

So far your result will look like this:

Still not 100% natural stone look, so It’s duplicate the layer (Layer >> Duplicate Layer…) and go to Filter >> Blur >> Gaussian Blur, with radius of 2 pixels.

Remember that the blur was applied to the upper layer. Click the Layers tab in your small Layers / Channels / Paths window, and set the blurred layer opacity to 45%.

That is it. Now your texture has a very gently blurred yet strong effect. Enjoy!

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