Photoshop - Brick Wall Photo Effect for Beginners and Advance

Photoshop has many effects that you can apply to your photos. In this tutorial I am going to show you how to give your photo a brick wall effect. This effect will make your photo look like it is on the side of a brick wall. This is a really cool effect. The first part of this tutorial is written for beginners. If you are an advance user, please skip down to the advance part of this tutorial. So let’s begin.

How to Create a Brick Wall Photo Effect in Photoshop for Beginners

Brick Wall Photo Effect – See Image One for the End Results

Step 1
Open your Photoshop program. Create a new file by clicking File > New at the top of your Photoshop window. Click File > Open to open the photo that you want to use. Once you have located your file on your hard drive, click on the file and then click Open. Now you should see your photo in your Photoshop window.

Step 2
Locate your Layers Panel. If you do not see your Layers Panel, click on Window > Layers at the top of your Photoshop window. That will bring your Layers Panel up. In your Layers Panel you will see three tabs. Click on the Channel Tab. At the bottom you will see a little icon that looks like a sheet of paper with the corner curled. Click on that to create a New Channel. The New Channel will be name Alpha 1. When you create your New Channel your photo will turn black so don’t panic.

Step 3
Select your Rectangular Marquee Tool in your Toolbar. It is the first icon in your toolbar. You will need to click on the Circular Marquee and hold it down until the box drop down. Then click on the Rectangular Marquee Tool. Now draw a rectangle around your photo. Leave a little room between your rectangle and the edge of your photo so that you can place a solid color border around it. This will give it a more realistic look. Please see image two if you don’t understand what I’m talking about.

Step 4
Now click on Select > Inverse at the top of your Photoshop window. Now you will see two rectangles around your photo.