# Applying a texture in photoshop

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/applying-a-texture-in-photoshop/12069>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [January 26, 2003, 9:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/applying-a-texture-in-photoshop/12069 "2003-01-26T09:07:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Akuma21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Akuma21](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Akuma21)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 9:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/applying-a-texture-in-photoshop/12069/1 "2003-01-26T09:07:43Z")

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lets say you have a small metal texture and you want to fill a layer in photshop with that metal texture. How do you do it?:nerd:

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 10:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/applying-a-texture-in-photoshop/12069/2 "2003-01-26T10:06:29Z")

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well you can do it this way (if your texture repeats): select the element part of your texture, then make it a pattern. Then use a phil :trout: tool and drop in the texture… although you’d needmore proggies to deal with lights and angles. If I am WAY off please post - its reeealy late here. Good Luck.

Peace

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 11:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/applying-a-texture-in-photoshop/12069/3 "2003-01-26T11:31:58Z")

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it’s even LATERRRRRRR here.:crazy: . But about your post, i kinda get it, but it still doesn’t work:trout:

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/applying-a-texture-in-photoshop/12069/4 "2003-01-26T15:24:01Z")

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select that part of the image you would like to fill with either the magic wand (if it’s a weird shape) or the rectangle or circle selection marquee

then go to “edit” and “fill” and then choose “from pattern”

That should work!