by Leslie Nicole | Jun 1, 2012 | Photoshop
I’ve written before about using the free Pixel Bender Oil Paint filter for Adobe Photoshop CS5. I just upgraded to Adobe Photoshop CS6 and was ecstatic to find that the Oil Paint filter is now included. They’ve made a few changes to the settings that I...
by Leslie Nicole | May 15, 2012 | Photoshop
This Photoshop keyboard shortcut will copy all the visible layers and merge them into a new layer. I use this handy shortcut with with nearly every image. Let’s say I’ve added an adjustment layer to my image plus a burn/dodge layer, clone layer, etc. Now I...
by Leslie Nicole | Apr 9, 2012 | Freebies, Using Overlays
A Simple Production Action And A Free Overlay When you get a French Kiss Overlay, it comes as a B&W, transparent .png file. You can then change the color by adding a solid color adjustment layer with a clipping mask. (That sounds really complicated, but it’s...
by Leslie Nicole | Mar 20, 2012 | Using Textures
I’ve used one of the Glorious Grunge Edge overlays on this slightly textured Fuchsia photograph. I wanted the border stand out, so I’ve used the overlay twice. Once with a blend mode of multiply and then again at normal. Hover your mouse over the image to...
by Leslie Nicole | Mar 15, 2012 | Making Textures
A quick screen grab of a texture in progress with the layer panel over it. Many layers. Lot’s of fine-tuning. A lot of those layers are either channels with solid color clipping masks and...
by Leslie Nicole | Mar 9, 2012 | Using Textures
Let’s say you want to apply some texture to an image, but you don’t want to change the colors of your image. Let’s look at a few methods you can use. The Original Image Here’s a photograph I took of some boats on the Vienne river (a tributary...