Textures for FREE:)

Textures are all around us. Start shooting them for yourself. Be ORIGINAL! Do you want your stuff to look like other photographers?! While in Venice Beach on Tuesday, I shot 21 textures in about 3 minutes. I shot graffiti on walls, stained windows, and paint on the sidewalk. These are some of the images I captured to gritty up my images.

The original shot of the man's hand and foot.

I added this texture in "overlay" mode at 50% opacity, then flattened it.

Then double the layer and change the mode to "multiply". Viola! "Gritty original image".
Drag the above two images to your desktop and try it for yourself. Textures for free:) Do we live in a great country or what? Express yourself.

Comments

[Robert Adams]

Hi Joe. Thanks for this PS tip on how to add textures to photos. I tried it out using one of your textures. View it at www.robertadamsphoto.com/joephotoclass.jpg

Thanks again,
Robert Adams

[Joe Photo]

Sweet Robert! Great job. You bless me. Thank you. You actually did what I recommended and took the time to tell me. ....someone is listening.....

[ron storer]

Joe-

Thanks for insight and the cool tuturial on textures.
I had some fun with it over on my blog as well:
http://www.ronstorer.com/blog_wp/

God Bless-

PS: Robert - Excellent!

r