Between xXxscarletxXx and that guy i think Joey Lawrence who sells a dvd would have very good talent pulling this off. Kind of a mix of thier two different styles.
Now see i mentioned that and...... just kidding i think he was hoping for an answer not a source. Joey will sell you a dvd on how to but im not so sure hell just tell ya.
Come on, there's not just one person in the entire world who knows how to do this. I've been after effects similar to these before and just get 'Buy Joeys DVD'.
Come on, there's not just one person in the entire world who knows how to do this. I've been after effects similar to these before and just get 'Buy Joeys DVD'.
Yes, that's not much of an answer, is it? I don't know a lot about photoshop. I use PSP and they have a section called textures. I guess you could choose a texture and overlay it onto the image (not at 100% opacity).
sadly i purchased the DVD just comming on a week ago and it is STILL yet to be placed into my mailbox, mail usually only takes 3 days to go i bought it just cause noone would tell me how to do it
sadly i purchased the DVD just comming on a week ago and it is STILL yet to be placed into my mailbox, mail usually only takes 3 days to go i bought it just cause noone would tell me how to do it
You live in the US, Joey lives in Canada, give it more than a week.
Drag a texture from a separate file onto the photo you want texturized. Play with opacities, levels, contrasts, curves, colors, saturate, desaturate, dodge, burn, erase or blur or whatever to the texture layer until you get something you like.
sadly i purchased the DVD just comming on a week ago and it is STILL yet to be placed into my mailbox, mail usually only takes 3 days to go i bought it just cause noone would tell me how to do it
You live in the US, Joey lives in Canada, give it more than a week.
Yeah I'm in the US, it took 3 weeks, gotta clear customs and with all the homeland security now...
OK, I think I kinda sussed it out, not perfect but defintely barking up the right tree.
Nice! One thing I've learned about textures, though, is that you always want to make your "background" layer (with your actual subject on it) lighter and maybe a little more contrasty than you would want in a straightforward version since the texture always has a darkening and dulling effect.
I can tell you how I do it, though it doesn't exactly look like Kassandra's wonderful work. Basically I take pictures of interesting textures as I find them, including old windows, plexiglass, concrete, paint, stains on floors, etc. Days, weeks, or months later, I'll have an image that can use a particular texture. In Photoshop, I simply drop the texture image as a layer on top of the image I'm working on and set the blending mode to something that works with the image (Overlay almost always works well). After this, I may or may not experiment with opacity, adjustments, and sharpening to enhance the effect. As well, I "build" complex textures from separate texture photos. Examples:
Good tip, will keep an eye out and start making my own texture library.
Originally posted by Louis:
I can tell you how I do it, though it doesn't exactly look like Kassandra's wonderful work. Basically I take pictures of interesting textures as I find them, including old windows, plexiglass, concrete, paint, stains on floors, etc. Days, weeks, or months later, I'll have an image that can use a particular texture. In Photoshop, I simply drop the texture image as a layer on top of the image I'm working on and set the blending mode to something that works with the image (Overlay almost always works well). After this, I may or may not experiment with opacity, adjustments, and sharpening to enhance the effect. As well, I "build" complex textures from separate texture photos. Examples:
OK, I think I kinda sussed it out, not perfect but defintely barking up the right tree.
You've done a great job on that one, but if you want to get closer to the effect on the original image you linked to, try erasing the texture over the model's face and arms. The mood of your photo is totally different though, so I'm not sure it's necessary in this case.
