Free Textures are a great way to get started with textures, but be aware of restrictions that are attached.
Archive | September, 2010
Refined Grunge: Photographs of Textures Usually Benefit From Editing
Straight photographs of found textures will usually benefit from refining with editing.
Copy A Layer Mask To Another Layer
Quick tip showing how to copy a layer mask to another layer in Adobe Photoshop. Also how to replace a layer mask.
A Better Way To Resize And Place Your Texture
The Photoshop transform tool isn’t the best way to re-size your texture to fit your document. Learn a nifty tip for getting perfectly sized and positioned textures every time.
Quick Start Texture Tutorial
New to working with textures? Here’s a Beginning Tutorial to get you started quickly. Plus there are Two Free Downloads to follow along. A Flower photograph and a Fine Art Grunge Texture.
Duking It Out In The Post-Processing Debate
Go to any blog or forum that mentions post-processing and you will see a flurry of heated comments with those for and against duking it out. Since I have a blog on post-processing, it won’t be a stretch to guess which side of the boxing ring I’m in.
Quick Tip: Photoshop Layer Panel Thumbnails
Changing the size of the Layer Panel Thumbnails in Photoshop can make it easier to see your textures.