Metal gripping:

[Alistair]

Is there a tutorial on making a metal gripping texture (you see it everywhere, metal with a diamond pattern). I've tried my own but its not good enough. Heres one i tried myself (first the pattern is wrong, the real thing isnt jus diamonds but they have circles in the middle) :

 

[anepu]

Here is a good tutorial on creating Metal Plates with the diamond shapes on it.

http://www.thinkdan.com/tutorials/photoshop/metalplate/metal_plates.pdf

 

[Alistair]

Awesome! Thanks anepu, and welcome to the board! Im going to use this one but has anyone found any others? I need to make a variety