Photoshop Carbon Fiber background

I have been wondering for some time now how to create a good looking carbon fiber background. Last night I was playing around with some color combinations to get the carbon fiber to look right. So lets get started.

Open a new photoshop file and make the file 8x8. I like my carbon fiber a little loose so you can tell its carbon fiber. Some people like it to look a little tighter so if this is you make yours 4x4. Your going to zoom in all the way so you can see what your doing(Ctl +). Using your select tool fill in the following colors.

Its hard to see right now but your carbon fiber pattern is now in place. You should have something like the image below.


Now lets set our pattern. Go to edit-->define pattern. Name your pattern anything of your choice. I named my pattern Carbon. Now that we have our pattern lets open up a new Photoshop file. Go to file--> new. Set your width to 600 and your height to 500 (or any size of your choice).

Go to edit-->Fill select pattern in your drop down menu and select your new pattern and click okay. You now have a carbon fiber background. Below you will find a few examples of how the carbon fiber looks using different sizes for your patterns. A lot of examples I have read in the past have done a 4x4 pattern. I think its hard to tell its carbon fiber when you are using a 4x4 but that's just me.


example of 8x8 pattern

example of 4x4 pattern