This set of natural papers with real artistic effects gives you multiple possible combinations of old, stained, scraped and grungy effects in a background. Or you can just use the high quality natural paper texture on its own. See the screenshots for just 3 possibilities.
In this file there are
3 x ready-made large and very high resolution jpegs, plus
1 x PSD file with three groups.
Each group has 1 plain paper layer, 1 smooth gradient, 1 textured gradient, 1 transparent stain layer and 1 transparent scrape layer.
You can get different effects by changing the order of layers, and by changing the colours, fills and opacity, or by duplicating and flipping the transparent layers.
Add your own new layers for even more grunge, add your own brushwork, or erase areas with a textured brush…. there are hundreds of creative ways to use these basics.