by Leslie Nicole | Jun 20, 2011 | News
The Giveaway I’m still the new kid on the block in textures, so I need your help spreading the word about this site. In appreciation of your help, I’m offering three great giveaways! The Prizes First Prize: $100 coupon for French Kiss Textures Second...
by Leslie Nicole | Jun 20, 2011 | Using Textures
When using Textures with your photographs, it is essential to be able to easily adjust your textures on the fly to suit your image. The easiest way to do this is to use Adjustment Layers in Photoshop or Elements to change the texture’s color, brightness,...
by Leslie Nicole | Jun 9, 2011 | Before & After
Here is one photograph with four different textured looks. Sometimes, I know right away what texture to use with a photograph, but often, I try several different approaches to see which works best. Usually, one direction will be the clear winner, but occasionally, I...
by Leslie Nicole | Jun 6, 2011 | Share To Win
I’ve been loving the images I’m seeing that use the Photoshop Vintage French Script Photoshop brushes so I wanted to do a post showcasing your wonderful creativity. Contest and Giveaway Add your own photo below! Any photo that uses the Vintage French...
by Leslie Nicole | Jun 1, 2011 | Using Textures, Video
In my Summer Color Wash mini collection, I’ve included a Black and White version of the texture. By using a Color Overlay or Gradient Layer Style in Photoshop, you can create unlimited color variations. I so liked the gradient overlay version I created in the...
by Leslie Nicole | May 31, 2011 | Before & After
A Summery Color Wash Texture Summer is around the corner and I find myself wanting light, bright colors for my flower images, so I created a texture based on a watercolor wash. I liked it so much, I made several summery color variations. On this peony, I’ve...
by Leslie Nicole | May 27, 2011 | Using Textures
Note: This video was originally published in my old blog, Photo Artist Textures. This video shows how to use adjustment layers and clipping masks to modify your textures selectively and non-destructively in your Photoshop file. A review of the Photoshop commands To...
by Leslie Nicole | May 27, 2011 | Photoshop
Note: this was originally published in my old Photo Artist Textures blog. Adjustment layers are an essential part of post-processing. They allow you to make changes such as tonal adjustments to your image non-destructively. I remember the days before Photoshop 4 when...
by Leslie Nicole | May 27, 2011 | Tutorials, Video
When I uploaded some of the free textures to the member download area I didn’t notice that my Lightroom uploader plug-in had lost it’s preset and uploaded the free textures at 72 PPI. They weren’t down-sampled and were still high quality 3888 x 2592...
by Leslie Nicole | May 12, 2011 | Before & After
I made this textured image rather serendipitously yesterday. I had just finished a new grungy texture and I wanted to try it out on an image. This image of my Weimaraner, Ellie, on point was one of the first I saw in my workbench folder. I wasn’t thrilled...
