Brushed Aluminum in Photoshop
1. Create a new document File -> New (in this example I’ve used 320×240)
2. Chose a foreground color (grey)
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3. Fill the background Alt+Backspace
4. Apply a noise Filter -> Noise -> Add Noise
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5. Apply noise filter twice
6. Apply motion blur Filter -> Blur ->Motion Blur
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7. Image -> Adjustments -> Levels (to make it darker and to give more contrast)
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8. With rectangular marque tool select an area for a highlight effect
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9. Apply feather to selection to make it smooth Select -> Modify -> Feather (25px).
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Use Image -> Adjustments -> Brightness/Contrast and than deselect (Mac+d or Ctrl+d for Windows)
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