It can be used as a SketchUp texture, Revit material or imported into Photoshop for use in 2D illustrations. This image is seamless, meaning it can be tiled repeatedly for use in architectural drawings and 3D models. Concrete can be cast in situ, or prefabricated and transported to site, where it is often used for slabs, floors, walls, columns, beams, and faÃ§ade cladding. Concreteâ€™s high strength, durability, and ease of adaption through formworks lends itself to all building typologies, while the range of finishes, from boardmarked to polished, allow it to be incorporated with a variety of other materials and moods. The image represents a physical area of 2500 x 1875 mm (98.4 x 73.8 inches) in total.Ĭoncrete is one of the most widely used materials in architecture and construction, for structural and decorative components. Create a new layer and merge the visible layers, so that you have a separate layer with all four concrete images on it.A seamless concrete texture with a concrete surface. You now you have the basic texture arrangement in place and you can either hide or delete the guides and template shapes. Use shape 1 & 2 to crop the right and bottom of the canvas and then use shape 2 to check the spacing at the top of the canvas (increasing canvas size as necessary). Do the same thing with shape 2 and 3 to add vertical duplicates of the concrete image. Duplicate the concrete layer and move it to the right to line up with the new guides. Use shape 2 to add another two guides to the right of your concrete image. Then move the horizontal guides to match the new hole positions. Simultaneously move shape 1 and the original image to the far left of the canvas, aligning the holes with the left with the edge of the shape. Fill the selection with a solid colour.ĭuplicate this layer to create two further rectangles: one that is exactly double the height and another that is exactly half the width. Now add guides to your image, running vertically and horizontally through the casting holes.Ĭreate a new layer and with the marquee tool use the guides to create a rectangle in the centre of your starting image. This may seem a bit large, but we'll crop the image again later. Triple the canvas size for the file (Image>Canvas size). In this form the image won't tile well and the casting holes aren't spaced accurately, so you need to create a larger file where you can distribute the holes evenly and work towards making the image tileable.

Erase the edges of new holes as necessary to blend them in. Reduce the layer opacity for the new holes, so you can line them up with the originals. Use irregular selections feathered by 3px and only use the holes without weathering damage in order to lessen the tiling effect in the final texture. Create a duplicate, reduce in size by 50% and save as a PSD file.īecause I know that the casting holes in the image are too small for the material I want to create, the first thing I want to do is copy the higher resolution holes from the source image over the top of those in the reduced image. The texture is available here from CG Textures.ĭownload the largest file and open it in Photoshop. Begin by downloading the concrete texture used for this tutorial.

Concrete texture seamless