This effect was generated in Filter Forge, a Photoshop plugin that allows you to create your own filters.
The side of a heavily rusted steel hulk. Or the back door.
-Rust colour and paint colour
-Paint Layer_
-Master Scale will scale both the paint and the erosion textures.
-Staining% - will change how much staining over time from water draining over the rust
-Bump and Specular Tone change the contrast of the respective maps which has the net effect of reducing or increasing bump and specularity. NOTE: the resting point for both sliders is 50.
-Bump <=> Alpha blends the alpha channel and the bump channel so users can either export the bump map as a paint/rust alpha or mix the effect.
Images - For those times when wallpaper or your face is required to be on an aging metal surface.
Image Aging - less image around rust spots
Image% The aged image percentage overlay
rust, metal, paint, rusty
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