Photoshop Techniques 008

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Techniques
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Photoshop
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TEXTURES.
Textures are a central part of working in Adobe Photoshop.
They can be used as backgrounds, combined with channels or
masks for special effects. In Photoshop 3.0, you can use
textures for a variety of displacement and lighting effects.
The key to creating textures in Photoshop is experimenting.
Creating textures is one of the best ways to start learning how
to use Photoshop’s filters and image effects. Use the examples
in this issue as a starting point for your own exploration.
All the textures shown here are created as grayscale images.
You can place them into a page layout program and assign
them a color there, or colorize them in Photoshop.
Smooth Grain
Woven Threads
Stucco Wallboard
Rough Canvas2 Photoshop Techniques #008
Texture #1: Smooth Grain
The smooth grain effect is created by combining the Noise and
Motion Blur filters. With a light tan coloring, this texture
strongly resembles a natural wood grain.
1. Create a new grayscale document.
Create a new document at the size you need. The examples here
are all 150 dpi grayscale images.
2. Choose Noise a Add Noise from the Filter menu.
Enter an amount of 999; Uniform distribution.
3. Choose Blur a Motion Blur from the Filter menu.
To create a defined grain, we apply the Motion Blur filter three
times changing the Angle slightly each time.
Pass #1: Angle 45o; Distance 45 pixels.
Pass #2: Angle 47o; Distance 45 pixels.
Pass #3: Angle 43o; Distance 45 pixels.
Note: To change the angle of your texture, enter a new angle for Pass
#1 and then add or subtract 2o for Passes #2 & #3.
4. Choose Sharpen a Unsharp Mask from the Filter menu.
The Unsharp Mask filter will clarify the texture’s grain. Use an
Amount of 150%; a Radius of 1.0 pixels; and a Threshold of…