# Getting good textures

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-good-textures/115245>\
**Category:** design\
**Created:** [July 6, 2004, 10:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-good-textures/115245 "2004-07-06T22:01:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![tristankelley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@tristankelley](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tristankelley)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 10:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-good-textures/115245/1 "2004-07-06T22:01:43Z")

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Hi all,  
I am looking for some tips on creating some smooth textures on Photoshop. An example of what I am trying to do can be found at [http://www.faithless.co.uk/site.php](http://www.faithless.co.uk/site.php) (click on the ‘news’ section to see the background text better)

I tried creating something similar in PS by creating a couple shapes and applying some shadows, contures, etc… but you can always tell that it’s just a shape sitting on top of a background color. Does anyone have any tips on this? Thanks!

Tristan