How do i take a texture and make it like it's been worn, if your creating a scene, everything can't be new, right?

You might want to look at some grunge brushes to scruff up your texture.

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I'm a relitive newbe, so what's a grunge brush, and how do i use it?

Hi GigaRoc, i think what yomah is talking about is a brush made to appear "grungy". There are quite a few sites that offer brushes (free) to add to your standard brush set that would help make your texture look a little worn. I think if you do a search in this forum for brushes, you'll find some links. If not, i can post some in the morning after i get back to the office.

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Dodge and burn brushes can also work well for making things look worn and dirty. Another way is to find grunge textures you like, select the area you want grunged, bring the grunge texture in as a new layer, then select multiply in the layers style menu.

A good start is to scan old paper, cardboard, wood and whater. Or photograph it. And use different blend modes in layers. Sometimes I make a layer beneath the main one, with a non-painted variant of the surface, and make scratches and other irragularities with different shaped brushed that do follow the actual shape of whatever you are making and make rust & dust in places where they appear. The ones brushes that come with PS are actually quite good for a job like that.

can anyone point me in the direction on where i can read-up on dodge and burn, and grunge brushes, how to use them, and such... also (heehee) anything else ya think i should know

deepspaceweb has a set of 11 grunge brushes. They do come in handy.

Attached Link: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=photoshop+dodge+burn

No. I do NOT have anything to do with Google. But as far as direction pointing is concerned I offer this link. There are a lot of nice sites around about PS and its tools. But, in my humble opinion, just trying them tools (and grunge brushes) on some pictures will get you the best lessons. O, and by the way, in the long run you can not use 'em as good as you could without a pressure sensitive pad & pen.