This is the 3rd and the last tutorial of the ?text effects? series.

So let's start with creating a new document and a layer, of course. Create new document with 700x1100px and 100 dpi.



Overlay the layer with Darker gray.



Add with gradient. See the gradient settings.







We get:



I want to make our background textures, so apply some layer styles.











See the result. Looks good and has pretty realistic texture.