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Easy Textures - Cracked

Start with a new image, Size 300x300 (or whatever you prefer),
Background Color: White, 16 Million Colors.

Step 1:
Set Foreground Color to Black.
Click on the Airbrush Tool and choose: Size = 10, Shape = Round, Opacity = 128, Paper texture = None. Draw some various lines on the image (see below). Try variations for other final results.

Step 2:
Image - Normal Filters - Blur More. Do this 3 times.

Step 3:
Image - Special Filters - Dilate. Do this 5 times.

Step 4:
Image - Normal Filters - Sharpen More. Do this 2 times.
Hereīs the result:

Step 5:
Image - Resample. Custom size = 150x150.
You may now sharpen the image more. Thatīs all.

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and see for yourself.

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