Leave the Hardness at 0, but increase the Master Diameter to be large enough to erase certain parts of your photo in one click. Select a brush with a soft edge, such as 200 in this case. Right click once on your photo to bring up your brush menu. In the left-hand toolbar, select the Eraser tool The percentage of your Opacity will vary from photo to photo, but 50% is a good starting point to see how the texture affects your photo. On your Layers palette, set the Blending Mode to Overlay, and the Opacity to 50%.
You will have your Background (original image) and Layer 1 (your first texture). Use your Move tool to drag and drop the texture onto your original image. The first texture that I am using is going to warm up the background, as well as add a slight vignette. On close examination, you can see that there is a lens flare right on their faces (and especially on the woman’s hair), so I wanted to blend the lens flare in that area. The photo is probably fine as-is, but I wanted to play up the hazy light, as well as warm up the color balance.
There are many different ways that textures can be applied, but for simplicity’s sake, in this tutorial we will just look at the tried and true “drag-and-drop” method, rather than getting too in depth with Layer Masks and the like.įirst, let’s look at how textures can change the overall exposure and color temperature.Ībove is my original photo, straight out of the camera. In this tutorial, we will look at several different blending modes and how they affect the overall look of a photo. Whether you want to dodge and burn, highlight certain elements or simply add more texture to the negative space of your photo, experimenting with textures will add a new dimension to your editing process. Working with textures is an easy and fun way to edit your photos.
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