Soft Circular Swirl Scratches free download

This Soft Circular Swirl Scratches decal provides a highly versatile overlay for adding realistic circular abrasion effects to surfaces in Photoshop, Blender, or Unreal Engine. Ideal for simulating wear and tear on metal, glass, plastic, or painted surfaces, this decal uses feathered, semi-transparent swirl scratches that blend softly without harsh edges or shadows. By applying this decal with a Multiply or Overlay blend mode, you can create natural-looking weathering, such as around handles, knobs, camera lenses, glass panes, or metallic panels, enhancing material realism and depth. Its partial transparency allows the underlying texture or color to subtly mix with the scratch marks, avoiding flat or pasted-on artifacts. This decal complements aged, used, or distressed materials in both real-time 3D engines and digital art pipelines, providing an economical way to add detail without complex modeling or texturing. Placement is flexible thanks to the soft edges, and the neutral lighting ensures it melds consistently on various material shaders or diffuse maps.