Experiment with brush settings and use a custom brush to build up an abstract texture.
- [Instructor] You can have a lot of fun painting…with texture brushes to create abstract illustrations.…And in this example, I began with a photograph…of a piece of tape on a piece of black plastic.…And this is going to serve as my brush.…First of all, I need to increase the contrast…in the image so that we can extract the best brush possible.…To do this, I'm going to convert my layer…to a smart object and then come to my camera roll filter.…
Here, I'm going to massively increase the contrast.…Decrease the blacks, increase the whites.…And increase the clarity.…Now I want to make the black areas of the image fall away.…I'll double-click to the right of the layer name…and come to my blend if sliders.…Grabbing the black triangle, I'm going to move this…toward the center to about level 90.…
So everything that is level 90…or darker will just fall away.…For a more subtle transition,…I'm going to hold down the Option or Alt key…and divide that triangle in two,…dragging the left portion back to the left.…In this case, to about level 44.…
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11/2/2017- Sourcing textures
- Add texture with blend modes, masks, and overlays
- Creating texture brushes
- Applying texture with filters
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome49s
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Find textures2m 28s
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1. Apply Texture with Blend Modes, Layer Masks, and Clipping Masks
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Blend textures3m 32s
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Create vintage photo effects2m 57s
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Create grunge photo effects4m 13s
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2. Apply Texture with Brushes
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Add texture to text4m 25s
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Create a bokeh brush9m 20s
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Create an abstract texture6m 13s
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3. Apply Texture with Filters
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Create a photo backdrop5m 36s
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Create an antique look4m 32s
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Add noise or grain4m 54s
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Use Topaz Texture Effects 24m 57s
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Conclusion
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Next steps30s
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