Texture Effect

[ChicAimee]

Hi All. I was wondering if anyone out there who has experience with using textures could give me any feedback on how this looks. Should I make the raster layer more opaque? Is it too dark or should I darken it a little and more? I'm not too concerned about the composition...I'm just looking to improve texture layers...

[autofocus]

Originally Posted by ChicAimee

Hi All. I was wondering if anyone out there who has experience with using textures could give me any feedback on how this looks. Should I make the raster layer more opaque? Is it too dark or should I darken it a little and more? I'm not too concerned about the composition...I'm just looking to improve texture layers...

I like playing with textures also Aimee, but I'm not sure how well it works on this image, it being a high contrast light/dark image to start with. It probably makes your subject even darker than it's native state. Why not try it on an image that has better consistency between the tones.

[ChicAimee]

[QUOTE=autofocus;1340582] it being a high contrast light/dark image to start with. It probably makes your subject even darker than it's native state. QUOTE]

Thanks for the reply. I do think it makes her look more shadowed. I wasn't sure if it was the color of the texture or just the light/dark of the original layer. I love the textured looks. It's difficult to find a lot of people who do like them.

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here's a couple of mine


Jars by vmontalbano, on Flickr


Family Effort by vmontalbano, on Flickr

[ChicAimee]

I see what you mean. The contrast is much better in your examples. That helps a lot. I will find an image to play with that doesn't have such extreme differences in lighting. Thanks!

[autofocus]

Ostensibly, you are creating a layer when you drag a texture over the original photo..that said, you also can create a mask over that and by using a soft white or black brush you can paint in, or selectively remove some of the texture

[flytyer57]

To me, the effect you have here looks like an old postcard. It just doesn't seem to work with this photo. If you could move out in the street more and just take a photo of the street with your model just walking down the sidewalk, I think you could have a very nice photo using the technique you used here.

[windrider86]

Check out these tutorials. This guy is a genius at textures

[EOBeav]

Yeah, if you're going to use a texture on this one, have it lighten your subject.

[wal]

Love that link on textures... Anyway this is my editing(done before I found that link)..
I am not that good at textures, and seldom do this.. but sometimes I just do it for fun,
i created the texture from an old cardbox box surface.. and applied it to the picture.



any comments are welcome.