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Texture Tutorial — Adobe Photoshop
I like playing with digital blending on PS and one of the simplest applications is texturing an image (of course without the use of filters!) .
I have numerically labeled the images for your reference and this is how we proceed :
Step1 (Image Selection) — Take the image (1) and process it to get on to image (2).
Step2 (Texture Selection) — Select the texture you wish to render. One example is the vintage crushed-postcard in image (3). You can either scan a texture of your choice or google it. || Examples Tex 1, Tex 2 etc
Step3 (Texture Preparation) — This is an important step! We shall use the Distort Filter in photoshop and for this we need to make a texture map. This is done as follows,
Step3.1 Make a new image file and paste the texture there.
Step3.2 Now, desaturate the image (Ctrl+Shift+U in PC) and blur it (I prefer
'Blur More' filter or alternatively you can also use Gaussian Blur).
Step3.3 Save this file in PSD format by name 'Texture_map.psd".
Step4 (Texturing) — Keep your texture image (3) as background. Take the processed image (2) to a new layer above it (called 'layer 1'). Keeping layer 1 selected, go to Filter-> Distort -> Displace. Select displace range to 5 pixels (I use this often). And apply the filter.
Step5 (Digital Blending) — Keeping 'layer 1' selected, change the image blending mode to multiply or soft light (depends on subjective selection, as you want!) and just play with the opacity of this layer and you are done!
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Worked Out Examples :
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Chemical Romance
▶ Toits de Paris
▶ Postcard from Vannes
⌘ Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, India
Letter from Paris
Some other outputs Example#1, Example#2 One , Two
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∎ The color balance of Texture image should be in sync with that of your foreground image. (Imagine how blue over yellow would look like..it could be creative though).
∎ If you select a texture with great number of ridges you need to use a stronger blur (in STEP3.2). You don't want to make your projection of image on the texture look like an artifact!
∎ You can't move your layer 1 once you have applied the displace filter.
∎ Your image size should be less than or equal to your texture image.
∎ I Strongly Recommend you to view this Gallery.
There are many kind people who are willing to share their textures.
Check this for example! Drop me a mail if you want your texture page to be added
here.
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Wils 888 49 months ago | reply
Thanks for this step by step tutorial.
dgilder 48 months ago | reply
Someone asked about finding textures, there are a bunch of good high res photos on the photography textures DVD: photographytextures.com
Francisco Sánchez 48 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Flickr Textures, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Estas invitado a añadir tu foto en:
You are invited to add your photo to:
Antonio 2010 [deleted] 48 months ago | reply
Thanks for your tutorial. Fine job.
Enhorabuena, tu foto fue vista en:
Congratulations, your photo was seen in:
Debbie Occeña-Sablada 48 months ago | reply
Thank you so much for the tutorial! Makes perfect sense... hehehe..
FoX's Pix 47 months ago | reply
thank you for this tutorial!
Laurie 3229 47 months ago | reply
Thank you for the tutorial! I've done some on my own, but I really need the instructions here to get it right.
LauraBowman 47 months ago | reply
Thank you so much! Very useful info! :)
Jazzie Roxannie Raggs 46 months ago | reply
thank you very much...................I hope to start learning how to apply textures to photos soon
baldr90 44 months ago | reply
nice photo
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celticsaga 41 months ago | reply
thank youuuuu!
macadam_desmo (Bernard M) 41 months ago | reply
Thank you for sharing ..
Gray! 41 months ago | reply
amazinggg :) perfect usage of textures
doreenL2009 40 months ago | reply
Thank-you.
Sharif Sharifi 40 months ago | reply
Awesome, great tutorial
Mohamed Egami 34 months ago | reply
big thanks to you
baldr90 30 months ago | reply
great tutorial, thanks!!
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irene4577 28 months ago | reply
Hello, I have been reading you tutorials on this blog and wonder if you might help me with a problem I am having. I am working in photoshop elements 4.0. I have figured out how to add ASL files to my palette bin. However, I have some great textures in jpeg formatting and I can't figure out how to use them. If i put my working photo in the pallette bin as a layer I cannot seem to figure out how to add a second different layer. If I import the second file to the workspace it removes the first image from the palette bin? I hope I am making my question clear. It must be a simple thing but I cannot figure it out! Irene
elizabethdonoghue 26 months ago | reply
thank you!!!
Chennylau 25 months ago | reply
thanks!!!