by Leslie Nicole | Oct 21, 2010 | Before & After, Using Textures
Using Adobe Photoshop This image is a good example of various ways you can create layer masks. In one layer mask I’ve used the paint brush, in the next a gradient fill and in another, I’ve used a channel to apply textured color. Ok, let’s get to it....
by Leslie Nicole | Oct 14, 2010 | Photographer Interviews
Skyward Note: I first published this interview on my old blog, Photo Artist Textures It is a great pleasure for me to present this interview with Jessica Jenney. In some ways, Jessica is responsible for the seed that grew into this site. In 2009, I joined the...
by Leslie Nicole | Oct 12, 2010 | Using Textures
Adobe Photoshop You may want to quickly turn off your layer mask from time to time just to check and see if you are on the right track. It’s easier to see if you’ve gone too far by just turning it off for a second. Also, if you have several layer masks for...
by Leslie Nicole | Oct 5, 2010 | Making Textures
There are a variety of ways you can create textures. For the purposes of simplicity, let’s say that there are two main ways to make textures. Either with brushwork in a program like Adobe Photoshop or you can start with an image. Brushwork You can create...
by Leslie Nicole | Oct 2, 2010 | Using Textures
This may be a quick tip, but I guarantee you will love it. I jumped for joy when I figured it out. Let’s face it, using textures is all about using layers and layer masks. Becoming a Layer Ninja will make your work so much easier. You’ll get there, one tip...
by Leslie Nicole | Sep 27, 2010 | Opinion
Note This was first written for my former blog, which was a blog about textures in general. It may seem a little self-serving now that I sell textures to write this article, but I still feel this is important and was a major reason I chose to either buy or make my...
by Leslie Nicole | Sep 17, 2010 | Making Textures
When I first started making textures, I thought I live in France, a patina paradise, this should be easy—I’ll just photograph a bunch of stone walls, peeling paint and vintage wallpapers and I’m good to go! We——–ll, it’s not so...
by Leslie Nicole | Sep 13, 2010 | Using Textures
Using Adobe Photoshop So, you’ve placed a texture in your document and spent a bit of time carefully making a layer mask. What if you want to place more textures either to try several at a time or just to play around and see which works best? Will you have to...
by Leslie Nicole | Sep 11, 2010 | Using Textures
The most common way to re-size your texture to fit your document is to copy it into your target file and then to scale it to size with the Adobe Photoshop transform tool. While this method works, I don’t care for it because it’s hard to see if you’ve...
by Leslie Nicole | Sep 10, 2010 | Using Textures
Tutorial: Beginning Level This quick-start tutorial will have you working with textures right away and to make it really easy to follow along, I’ve decided to give you the files. Two high-resolution original files. One Anemone flower photograph and a Fine Art,...
