RIley McCabe - Metallic Background Tutorial

Create a new document of any size you want. I made mine 600x600 Now go to Edit » Fill in the box that popup, select "Pattern" for "Use", and in the Custom Pattern option, select this pattern (CLICK TO SEE SCREENSHOT). Then click OK Now go to Filter » Distort » Wave Now just hold down the CTRL key, and press the "F" key 10 times (reapply the wave effect 10 times). Now to give it a little bit of color, you can use the Hue and Saturation option, Image » Adjustments » Hue/Saturation.Make sure you check the "Colorize" box. Set the "Hue" bar to: 210, "Saturation" to: 14, leave the Lightness at 0. Next, to make the image a little sharper, go to Filter » Sharpen » Sharpen