Go Image > Adjustments > Levels. (CMD+L or CTRL+L) and adjust the levels so that there is more contrast.ĭepending on the image, these values will different but the overall goal is to bring out more contrast between the dark and light sections of the image without losing detail. Or use the shortcut CMD+SHIFT+U on Mac or CTRL+SHIFT+U on Windows. Go to Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation and reduce the S aturation to 0. If you are not a member, here is a free sample you can download for this tutorial. For this tutorial I am using a texture from the Old Wood Plank Textures. The first step is to open your original bitmap texture in Photoshop.