Playing with textures in Photoshop. How to apply texture? Special effects in Photoshop How to add a midge texture in Photoshop
In this tutorial I will show you how to create a photo manipulation of a girl. To create this effect we will use several ice textures, blending options and adjustment layers.
Note: this tutorial was done in Photoshop versions CC, so some screenshots may vary. Some brushes are exclusive to Photoshop CS6.
Final image:
Step 1
Create new document size 700px * 1020px (File - New) (Ctrl + N) . Open the folder with the ice texture, select this texture, open it in Photoshop and select part:
Copy (Ctrl + C) and paste (Ctrl + V) selected area into a new document.
Apply an adjustment layer to this texture Black and white:
Now the ice texture looks like this:
Step 2
Open the image of the girl and select her top part. Copy (Ctrl + C) and paste (Ctrl + V) selected area into the working document, reduce (Ctrl + T) and place it in the center of the document:
Add an adjustment layer to the girl's layer. Black and white (Black and White) with clipping mask:
Levels with clipping mask.
Adjustment Layer Curves with clipping mask:
Result:
Step 3
Let's start adding ice around the girl. Open the iceberg image and select a part:
Copy (Ctrl + C) and paste (Ctrl + V) selected part of the ice into the working document, reduce its size and rotate (Ctrl + T) . The edge of the iceberg should be located on the girl’s leg:
Add a clipping mask to the iceberg layer and apply an adjustment layer Black and white (Black and white):
Also, add an adjustment layer Levels:
Eraser small size (E) Erase the edges of the iceberg to make a smooth transition to the girl's body.
Step 4
Add another piece of ice to the girl's lower body. Go back to the iceberg image, select another piece of ice and place it on your working document.
Reduce the size of the new ice layer (Ctrl + T) , flip it horizontally (Edit - Transform - Flip Horizontal) and place it on the lower part of the model's body:
To the ice layer you just added, add adjustment layers with clipping masks. First, add a Black and White adjustment layer. (Black and White):
Now add an adjustment layer Levels:
Result:
Step 5
Add small pieces of ice around the girl. Go back to the iceberg image and select a small part of it & Copy (Ctrl + C) and paste (Ctrl + V) selected part of the iceberg into a working document.
Turn the ice layer and reduce it (Ctrl + T). Apply a Black and white adjustment layer to remove the color. Scatter layers of ice throughout the document.
Step 6
Let's add more more ice into our design. Open this ice texture and select a small part of it:
Copy (Ctrl + C) and paste (Ctrl + V) the selected part into the working document, reduce (Ctrl + T) and place it as shown in the screenshot:
To this ice layer, apply a Levels adjustment layer with a clipping mask:
Result:
Step 7
Go back to the ice texture you used in step 6 and use the tool Straight line lasso (polygonLassotool) select part:
Copy (Ctrl + C) and paste (Ctrl + V) the selected part into the working document and apply an adjustment layer Levels.
In this tutorial on creating special effects in Photoshop, we will learn the basics of layer blending and learn how to apply any texture to a photo. It's simple but very effective method make an ordinary photo more creative and impressive. We'll explain how to quickly switch between blending modes to find the one that suits you best, how to blend only the brightness values to keep the original colors in your photo, and how to invert the brightness.
As a texture, the author of the lesson, Steve Patterson, took old paper, shot on a simple point-and-shoot camera. Texture can be found everywhere. It can be an interesting pattern on a leaf or stone, clouds in the sky, a wooden surface, a rust stain or frost patterns on windows. In addition, texture can be obtained by scanning various things, for example, covers of old books, maps, crumpled paper, or even a piece of fabric or carpet. Of course, you can find textures on the Internet.
Here is the original photo that we will process:
And this is the texture that we will apply to it:
This is what we get in the end. We made a couple of additional adjustments, which we'll talk about at the end of the lesson:
Let's start!
Step 1: Select and copy the texture
Having opened both the original image and the texture in Photoshop, we will transfer it to a document with a photograph. The easiest option is copy and paste. Make sure the window containing the texture is active, open the menu Select at the top of the screen and then All. You can also click Ctrl+A(Win) / Command+A(Mac) on keyboard:
This way we select the entire texture. A selection outline appears around its perimeter:
After this you need to open the menu Edit, located at the top of the screen, and then Copy, or click Ctrl+C(Win) / Command+C(Mac) on keyboard:
Step 2: Insert the texture into the document containing the photo
After copying the texture to the buffer, go to the window with the photo and go to the menu again Edit, but this time we choose Paste or click Ctrl+V(Win) / Command+V(Mac) on keyboard:
Photoshop will insert the texture into the document, or rather, into a new layer that will be located above the photo. Depending on the size of the document with the texture, it may completely cover the photo, but if you look in the layers panel Layers Panel, it is clear that the original is preserved in the layer Background, and the texture turned out to be higher, in a new layer with the name Layer 1:
Now the photo and texture are on different layers of the same document
Step 3: If necessary, change the size of the texture using the tool Free Transform
If the photo and texture dimensions don't match, you may want to align them. Photoshop allows us to do this using the command Free Transform. Open menu Edit at the top of the screen and select Free Transform or click Ctrl+T(Win) / Command+T(Mac) to invoke the same command from the keyboard:
Photoshop will place a frame with handles around the texture (these are small squares on its borders). If, as in our case, the texture area is larger than the photo, it may be better to switch to one of Photoshop's full-screen views. To do this you need to click F on the keyboard (when you're done, you can go back by pressing a couple more times F). Pull any of the handles and give the texture the desired size. Since there is nothing in this image except the texture itself, distorting the proportions usually does not harm, but if you want to preserve them, you need to hold down the key while moving the corner handles Shift. When finished, click Enter(Win) / Return(Mac) to accept the changes and exit Free Transform:
Change the texture dimensions using Free Transform
Step 4: Select a Tool Move Tool
Choosing a tool Move Tool which is located at the top of the panel Photoshop tools. This can also be done by pressing the key V. We're not actually going to use it, but in this case this step is necessary to be able to quickly switch between layer blending modes: this will allow us to understand which one will provide the best results for a particular shot and texture.
What does this have to do with the instrument? Move Tool you ask? It's just that depending on the tool you select, the hotkeys on your keyboard may not work. When choosing a tool Move Tool everything works as it should, and since Move Tool located at the very top of the toolbar, the easiest way to use it is:
Step 5: Switch Between Layer Blending Modes
The layer blending option is in the top left corner of the layers panel. The default mode is Normal, that is, the top layer does not mix in any way with the bottom or bottom ones, which is why in currently texture overlaps photo:
Pressing Normal, you will see a list of other options - Multiply, Screen, Overlay etc. It will be much faster to scroll through them using hot keys. Holding Shift + Alt(Win) / Shift + Option(Mac), press plus (+) or minus (-). Plus switches to the next mode in the list, and minus- to the previous one. For example, if while holding Shift + Alt(Win) / Shift + Option(Mac), you click on plus once, then switch from Normal on Dissolve:
Perhaps the effect of mixing in the mode Dissolve will be uninteresting, but you will certainly like some other mode. We'll press plus several more times, still holding Shift + Alt(Win) / Shift + Option(Mac) to get to the mode Multiply:
With option Multiply This creates an interesting, albeit dark, overlay:
I'll press plus several more times, reaching the mode Screen:
Blend mode is currently selected Screen
The result is also interesting, this time it turned out much lighter than in the Multiply:
Clicking plus a few more times, I get to the option Overlay:
Overlay also often gives an interesting result when applying texture; here light and dark areas are combined, and the image ends up with more contrast:
As a rule, the most interesting results when applying textures are achieved using the modes Multiply, Screen, Overlay, Soft Light, and Hard Light; We recommend that you try them all to understand which option is best suited to achieve your goal. In this situation, we consider the optimal mode Screen, but you can choose another option.
Step 6: Reducing the Color Saturation of the Texture
At the moment, not only the texture itself appears in the photograph, but also its color. This may be what you want, since mixing colors on different layers can give interesting results, but if you want to preserve the original colors of the photo, you will have to remove the color from the texture. The easiest way to do this is to lower its saturation. At the top of the screen, select Image, then Adjustments and finally Desaturate. You can also click Shift + Ctrl + U(Win) / Shift + Command + U(Mac) on keyboard:
Team Desaturate immediately removes color from the layer, making it essentially black and white. This is not the best option for converting a photo to black and white, but in this case it is quite sufficient. Looking at the texture layer thumbnail (Layer 1) in the layers panel, we will see that it has lost color:
Once the color is removed, only the tonal brightness of the texture is blended into our photo. For comparison, let's look at the image again after setting the blending mode Screen:
And here's what it looks like after we've removed the color from the texture:
Step 7: Inverting the Texture
Before you are satisfied with the result, you can try to invert the texture by changing the brightness to the opposite one. What was dark will become light, and vice versa. At the top of the screen, select Image, then Adjustments and finally Invert. You can also click Ctrl + I(Win) / Command+I(Mac) on keyboard:
This is what our photo looks like after inverting the brightness of the texture. According to the author of the lesson, Steve Patterson, the photo began to seem old and faded:
Step 8: Reduce the Opacity of the Texture
Finally, if the texture seems too prominent, you can reduce its appearance by lowering the layer's opacity. This option Opacity, is located directly opposite the Blending Modes at the top of the Layers panel. The default value is Opacity 100%, but the more you lower it, the more the original photo will appear. We will reduce the value Opacity up to 50 %:
The texture now looks more delicate:
Since in our case texture makes the photo look older and faded, there are a few other things we can do to enhance this effect. First, you can blur the image a little. To do this, select in the layers panel Background, then quickly create a duplicate layer by clicking Ctrl+J(Win) / Command+J(Mac). Thus, we get copies of the photo that we will work with without damaging the original:
Now I'm blurring the layer Background copy using a filter Gaussian Blur. On the menu Filter at the top of the screen I select Blur, then Gaussian Blur:
A dialog box will open Gaussian Blur. We only want a slight blur, so set the radius to around 1.5 pixels:
Click OK, The dialog box closes, at which point Photoshop performs a slight blur:
Finally, create a new layer to reduce the color saturation of the image. Click on the icon New Adjustment Layer at the bottom of the layers panel:
From the list that appears, select Hue/Saturation:
In Photoshop CS4 and later (CS5 is used in this tutorial), options for adjusting Hue/Saturation will appear on the panel Adjustments. In earlier versions they open in a separate dialog box. To reduce color saturation, you need to lower the value Saturation to about -50, moving the slider to the left:
Move the Saturation slider to the left - this will reduce the color saturation in the image
If only we had Photoshop CS3 or more early version, you should have pressed OK, to close the dialog box (close panel Adjustments not required in CS4 or later). Now we see the final result after reducing color saturation:
Final result
That's all! You're now familiar with the basics of texture mapping in Photoshop using blending modes!
Source - photoshopessentials.com
There was one beautiful illustration that caught my attention. This is an excellent example of why these materials can be useful.
Therefore, today I would like to consider the question of how to apply a texture in Photoshop like the picture above. Advanced users, of course, already know all this, but for those beginners who have not encountered this lesson before, the note will definitely be useful. There is nothing complicated in this technique; I will try to go into detail at each step.
How to Apply Texture to Text in Photoshop
1. Let's start with the text. We create new project and add the required inscription to it. You can choose any color for the font (usually black by default, although this is not particularly important). If you want, specify a picture for the background.
2. We add the desired texture to our project, which we place above the text layer.
3. We use the so-called “clipping mask”. To do this, select the layer with the texture and press the keyboard shortcut Control + Alt + G (for Mac: Command + Option + G).
You can also create a mask using the drop-down menu - select the layer with the texture, right-click and find the “Create Clipping Mask” item. The end result will be like the picture above.
4. You can resize, move and rotate the texture so that it fits perfectly with the text.
5. The next step is to adjust the image. Sometimes you need to make the text a little more contrast or lighter. To do this, you can use an “adjustment layer” - click on the circle icon with black and white halves (located at the bottom of the toolbar).
In the pop-up menu, select one of the tools, for example Levels. We define the parameters of the effect and apply it.
There is one nuance here - for me personally, the adjustment worked not for the texture layer, but for the entire picture, so I selected the adjustment layer and pressed Control + Alt + G (defined it as a mask).
6. At the final stage, you can (optional) change the text overlay mode. Select the layer with the text, and then set its blending option to “Multiply”.
As a result, the text will fit more organically into the background. You can see the difference by switching the “Multiply” and “Normal” settings modes. At this point, applying texture to text in Photoshop can be considered complete.
How to apply a texture to an object in Photoshop
The algorithm for this procedure is identical. But, since the text is for absolute beginners, I will show an example of implementation for it too. The actions are essentially the same, only at the beginning we add not the text, but the object you need (a form or, for example, ). After that, place the texture above this layer and create a clipping mask (Control + Alt + G).
Then you adjust the result to your needs: move the texture if necessary, add an adjustment layer and change the blending mode. In principle, there is nothing complicated about this, and the effect is very interesting. The texture mapping method in Photoshop can be useful for creating various kinds of illustrations, pictures, posters, etc.
If you've ever browsed a site like Flickr.com, you've probably noticed a "vintage" effect on many of the photos. You can achieve it different ways: starting from simple change tonality until the photograph is completely aged. By layering, you can achieve the effect of grain or scratches and other surface defects that will give the effect of antiquity. At first glance, this is a very complex and lengthy process, however, in reality everything is quite simple: the result is achieved through the use of textures.
What is texture? In Photoshop, this term refers to the image that is superimposed on top of your photo. Texture" does not have to have any structure; in fact, it can be anything, including another photograph. In most cases, the texture will be scanned or regular photographs of old sheets of paper, pieces of fabric, handwritten letters. However, it can also be an image of clouds, a drop of rain on windshield, “bokeh”, bubbles, reflections in water and the like. That's the beauty of using textures, they can be anything and can be combined multiple times to create a wide range of different effects.
Of course, this variety can be confusing, so to clear things up, I'll give you a step-by-step look at how to use multiple textures to help you create good photo very interesting. It's very easy to overdo it with textures, so I try not to stray too far from the original, but you can do as you please and use as many textures as you like.
For this we need Photoshop CS4(any version will do, including Elements), an original image and a couple of textures. You can also scan or photograph your own texture, or find thousands of free textures online at flickr or www.deviantart.com that you can use in your work.
In this case, I used a paper texture similar to this one (flickr member Fedor Umarov) and a bokeh texture that you can take (flickr member laughlinc). Both are free to use under a Creative commons license.
Original image
I chose this image because of the brooding subject and the fairly negative space. I really like this photo, but it could be "improved" a little.
Step 1
Open the original image in Photoshop.
Step 2
Open the texture file in Photoshop. Here is my scanned piece of old paper. You should now have 2 open file in Photoshop. Drag the texture file onto your original image to add it as a layer. For CS4 users, drag the texture layer onto the original image's tab (if you are using tabs) until the original image is visible.
Step 3
Resize the texture layer so that it covers the entire original image. Select the texture layer in the layers palette, use the Ctrl+T key combination to resize the texture layer. Stretch the texture to the required size. Press Enter to complete resizing.
Step 4
This is where miracles happen. We're going to change the layer's blend mode in the Layers palette. The blend mode modifies one layer by interacting with the layer(s) below it. In this case we will start with Multiply.
Step 5
It’s immediately noticeable how we gave the image “more vintage.” This is easy to achieve using the above steps with any photo, but let's try using another blend mode.
Step 6
Overlay helps brighten the image, and although it is too bright, I like this option better. The beauty of layers is that we can adjust their opacity and position.
I settled on the Saturation mode, with the layer transparency at 50%. Experiment.
Step 7
Here I duplicated the original (background layer). I'll also use this layer partially as a texture to soften the final result. Move the original texture down so that it is between the background copies.
The resulting duplicated background layer, placed above the paper texture and set to 38% opacity, will soften the light overlay. There's no need to stick to a strict scheme here, the main part is to experiment with transparency and blending modes, and even the sequence of layers. I actually just added one texture and changed the opacity, which immediately made an interesting change. You can stop here, but let's still add one more texture.
Step 8
Open an additional texture (here I'm using a bokeh texture) and add it to your layers by dragging it onto the original image.
Step 9
Move the additional texture between the copy of the background layer and the first texture layer. Change the blending mode to Overlay (Overlap) with transparency 100%. Plus, it's fun to try out all the different blending modes to get the look you want.
Step 10
The hardest part is over. At this point we only need some minor editing to create what we wanted to see. Here I've added a color balance adjustment layer to achieve red/yellow tones.
Bottom line
Final image. Excellent tone and quality that creates an amazing atmosphere. I like it a lot better than the original image. As mentioned, it's very easy to overdo this effect, but you can always go back to the Layers palette and remove unnecessary layers until you achieve the optimal color balance. The final result using textures is more impressive than the process itself. This doesn't apply to every image, of course, but the simple process of using textures has a huge impact on your work.
Making a photo interesting and original using texture overlay is not that difficult. You just need to know the basic techniques.
For this photo you will need: Adobe Photoshop, the original photograph and, of course, the very desire to create.
First, let's open the original photo. We will process it ourselves. Moreover, the processing will be carried out efficiently!
Then you need to open the texture in Photoshop. We will put it on top of the photo itself.
After opening the texture, press the combination Ctrl+A. This will highlight the entire image and create a thin frame around it.
Send the image to the clipboard using the combination Ctrl+C.
To adjust the texture size, click CTRL+T and transform it.
Now you need to set the blending mode for the texture layer. Apply either "Soft light", or "Overlap". The blending mode will determine the intensity of the texture display.
For best results, the texture can be desaturated by pressing SHIFT+CTRL+U. This technique will neutralize the tones in the image and improve its display.
The last step will be to reduce the opacity of the texture. There is a necessary item on the layers tab. There the opacity level is shown in % (one hundred% is a completely opaque texture).
Thus, in this lesson you have gained initial skills in working with textures. This knowledge will significantly improve the level of your work in Photoshop.
