Fake Wood Grain With Photoshop Fibers Filter - New or Improved Skill Day 31

Sometimes you need a wood background, this one is very simple to make.

Go to the Foreground swatch in the Tools Palette. Choose a dark brown. Mine is #703605
Go to the Background swatch in the Tools Palette. Choose a lighter brown. Mine is #905d05.

Open a new file.
Filter > Render > Fibers. Variance 4 and a Strength 3. Randomize.

Duplicate the layer. Command j.
Filter > Render > Fibers. Variance 23 and a Strength 22. Randomize.
Blending Mode Soft Light.

To make a more realistic grain Merge the two layers.
Filter > Liquify. Brush size 60, brush density 50, brush pressure 100, brush rate 80.
Use the Twirl (looks like a hurricane weather map image) and Turbulence (looks like wavy lines) tools to further simulate grain. Change the brush size for variation.