Photoshop action to create an arcade stone background

Today I was playing a bit with Photoshop to create a stone background for a one-week game I am developing for the experiment.

I wanted something random, with a style that reminds old style arcades.

I found this tutorial and I modified it to fit to my needs.

Then I developed an action to optimize and speed up the entire process.

This is the result of the action, obviously always random.

Stone action for Photoshop

It’s not a state-of-the-art action but is what I need, and you can custom some level styles to use it in a profitable way.

Download the action and give it a try

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7 Responses to “Photoshop action to create an arcade stone background”

  1. Teal on November 8th, 2007 2:22 am

    That’s a pretty nice effect, I might want to use it in one of my games.

  2. Thomas on November 8th, 2007 7:20 am

    wicked!

    woohooo!!! ps! psds! actions! complicated uis!

    it’s photoshop!!

    great work btw!

  3. shiv1411 on November 8th, 2007 1:34 pm

    hi emanuele!
    Did u really quit sleeping for these cooooool tuts?

  4. SlimJim on November 13th, 2007 8:56 pm

    It doesn’t work for me, if i use the settings for the stained glass effect it just turns all black.

  5. SlimJim on November 14th, 2007 10:29 pm

    nevermind it works

  6. Xodus on May 10th, 2008 7:29 pm

    I really think that i saw this pic for the background for a game called slingfire, its on miniclip.Looks like the author is a fan of Emanuele.

  7. Picture on July 12th, 2008 2:19 pm

    This background is fantastic.I love you photoshop.

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