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Stunning Textures
posted by ugaldew, May 24, 2006 5:47 AM — 69 commentsHI SXCers and guests , In this visual- tutorial we will learn the easy technique of getting stunning textures in your images , the process is a variation of my previous Professional Retouching tutorial and even when the process is very very easy ( 4 minute edition) the results can turn an ordinary pic into a forget me not scene , for this tutorial you will need Photoshop and do not worry if you are a PS newbie it is quite easy .. so lets get started !
This is the effect we want to get in this practice
Original
Download this practice's PSD file (0.7MB)
I will use Fall2 by Gorkola at SXC
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>> Step 1
Open and Duplicate Layer
Open Fall 2 image and duplicate the background layer ( layer/duplicate layer ) or left click in background layer and duplicate
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>> Step 2
Apply Gaussian Blur
Select the duplicated layer (background copy ) and add “Gaussian Blur” (filter / blur / Gaussian blur )
It hast to look rather blurry similar to the example , but don’t worry too much about this step you can add more blur at any moment of the process
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>> Step 3
Reduce Layer's Opacity
Set the layer’s opacity value to 50%. (layers / layer style / blending options ) slide to 50% the opacity slider in the top of the layer palette.
The opacity can go from 30% to 60% it will determine how soft the pic will be
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>> Step 4
Add Mask sharpen items
So far we have achieved to get the softness and most part of the process is done , but there may be some items that look rather blurry and a bit of sharpening will make it look more real . For this (fall 2) image I will mask some branches and the bench
Add a mask in the layer we have been working into (Background Copy)
Set the soft brush tool with at least 50 % of opacity and black color and then brush the details you want to sharpen (bench , leaves, branches etc)
And we are done !!! So far the picture has to look like this
In contrast with the original
Original
So that was all !!!
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>> EXTRA Step
Add a hue/saturation adjustment layer
I want to add some funky tones to the scene , so I’m going to add a hue/saturation adjustment layer. So lets go to the layers palette and click the (adjustment layer button) the black and white circle at the bottom and then click hue/saturation in the pop up menu
Then play a bit with the hue and we are done !!
This is are the tones I liked
I hope you have found this tutorial useful , and that you have enjoyed as much as I did writing it , please feel free to ask anything or write an email to ugaldew@yahoo.com if you have more doubts or comments about this tutorial
Miguel Ugalde Ugaldew
Here are some examples
For this example I added some more adjustments layers
You can download this example's PSD file
Example 2
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1. posted by deepcat, May 24, 2006 3:06 PMvery well done and useful ! thx
2. posted by rrss, May 24, 2006 11:22 PM
Stunning examples. I'm of to try. Spot on. :)
3. posted by slonecker, May 25, 2006 12:21 AM
Excellent explanation...
4. posted by christgr, May 25, 2006 11:45 AM
thanks!
5. posted by hilaryaq, May 28, 2006 6:05 PM
Very nice, thanks!
6. posted by mmilojko, May 29, 2006 12:11 AM
Great! I Like It.
7. posted by Jeanicious, May 31, 2006 2:30 PM
Nice and simple way to upgrade photos. I tried it on some, and they turned out quite nice.
8. posted by -virginia-, Jun 1, 2006 12:56 PM
Simple way to make great photos even more stunning. Thank you for the post. :)
9. posted by abeall, Jun 8, 2006 3:00 AM
The "bloom" effect. I love it. Easy to overdue, though, IMO.
:-)
10. posted by prezesss, Jul 14, 2006 6:10 PM
JEEE:) NICE
11. posted by designby7, Jul 15, 2006 12:23 PM
This makes me want to go back and try it on some of my older photos
12. posted by anjusnav, Jul 15, 2006 2:55 PM
This is very useful to us
tks
13. posted by vjtom, Aug 9, 2006 4:15 AM
thanyks this pictures beautifull..... Color, and blur...cool :D
14. posted by cro_digi, Aug 9, 2006 8:01 PM
great! tnx ;)
15. posted by photos71, Aug 12, 2006 2:48 AM
Wow! I will practice this technique... thanks!!!
16. posted by kalimero77, Aug 29, 2006 1:33 PM
thats what i alwys was looking for! thanks
17. posted by maraba, Sep 3, 2006 8:38 AM
Thank you ungaldew.
18. posted by nimbuz, Sep 5, 2006 5:55 PM
Awesome! Great great tutorial!
19. posted by dtlstudio, Sep 14, 2006 1:28 PM
Its really great to see and work on the pictures. These tutorials are very helpful.
Thanks a lot .
20. posted by silent_2_h, Sep 17, 2006 10:59 AM
it's very useful effect! thank you very much!!!....
21. posted by majkell, Sep 20, 2006 2:44 PM
super ! Dzięki wielkie !
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Superb ! Big THX !
22. posted by ccminter, Sep 20, 2006 4:47 PM
GREAT! I've been looking for a way to do this!
23. posted by chlcl, Sep 25, 2006 8:12 AM
Great Help tx
24. posted by Kurapica, Sep 28, 2006 5:11 PM
very wonderful!
25. posted by -Axel-, Sep 30, 2006 7:45 AM
Muy bueno ^^
26. posted by suhail7, Oct 2, 2006 3:05 AM
booming! my best salam to you! ^_^
27. posted by cr55, Oct 19, 2006 12:02 AM
Excellent results and easy to follow, thanks.
28. posted by beetlewing, Oct 22, 2006 4:21 AM
good stuff =)
..i do something similar to this, but i use:
1. duplicate layer
2. screen top layer
3. gaussin blur top layer to desired effect (i think i usually use a setting of 2-4... can't remember right now)
note: this way tends to add an exposure change to the picture
29. posted by beetlewing, Oct 22, 2006 4:23 AM
forgot to mention in my comment that you can also control the effect by adjusting the transparency of the screened layer (top)
=)
30. posted by eyespywith, Oct 27, 2006 3:09 PM
awesome loving your work
31. posted by mongogoran, Nov 2, 2006 4:53 PM
Very nice! thank you!
32. posted by ctrigger, Nov 10, 2006 2:11 PM
Awesome! Clear, concise, simple, and really quite stunning.
33. posted by glenfin, Dec 1, 2006 5:05 PM
Wonderful effects to the scene.
Easy to follow tutorial. Thanks,
Glenda
34. posted by xoxo007, Dec 1, 2006 11:20 PM
OMG.. i´ve been waiting for a tuto like this one.. Great job!!!
35. posted by bkk9qkc, Dec 3, 2006 3:40 PM
It s very easy and very good job!Thanks your teaching
36. posted by lingyew, Dec 13, 2006 7:48 PM
Love this tutorial. Very easy to follow. Thanks heaps.
37. posted by namone_, Dec 16, 2006 4:31 PM
Thank you so much, very useful!
38. posted by prone, Jan 2, 2007 12:06 PM
a great tutorial!
easy to follow and very useful!
thanx :-)
39. posted by bykaty, Jan 27, 2007 2:40 AM
Love this tutorial.
Thank you so much!!!
40. posted by visay, Feb 6, 2007 12:00 PM
keep going on!!! i really love all your tutorial, ugaldew.
41. posted by visay, Feb 6, 2007 12:00 PM
keep going on!!! i really love all your tutorial, ugaldew.
42. posted by neonissima, Feb 9, 2007 1:27 PM
nice! Maybe I'll try it.
43. posted by neonissima, Feb 9, 2007 1:31 PM
That was a bit understated. I love it!
44. posted by anum, Mar 1, 2007 9:51 PM
thank you, I learned A LOT!
45. posted by pikolo1983, Mar 3, 2007 11:05 AM
thats awesome
46. posted by gokercy61, Mar 9, 2007 10:12 PM
That's really awesome, I loved to use it! I have already been using Gaussian Blur with Soft Light Layer but this is much better than it! Thanks.
47. posted by nadoiz, Mar 16, 2007 1:41 AM
I was looking for this long time, nice work thx!
48. posted by Jsticker, Apr 10, 2007 1:24 AM
Great, thanks!
49. posted by mafdet, May 27, 2007 6:27 PM
Great tutorial, many thanks.
50. posted by valwiens, Jun 7, 2007 11:29 PM
Wow, so easy! Thanks.
51. posted by pinaffo, Jul 20, 2007 1:48 AM
wow!!!
wow
wow!!!!
52. posted by don2007, Aug 30, 2007 9:57 AM
excellent because its easy and effective!
in other word its
GHAKKAS!
53. posted by Essiexxx, Sep 13, 2007 11:37 AM
Cool!
54. posted by sxchuman, Sep 20, 2007 2:08 PM
Thank you so much, very useful!
55. posted by eggcustard, Oct 12, 2007 12:23 PM
Nice Images and technique... simple but very affective!
Like the colours too.
56. posted by AjjiBan, Dec 11, 2007 9:46 PM
Gorgeous~ @ o@
I really love this tutorial~ lovely!
57. posted by massimo22, Dec 15, 2007 3:07 AM
I think I found my favorite tutorial !! Makes the pictures stand out. Great instructions too. Thanks
58. posted by recabron, Dec 15, 2007 7:39 PM
Thanx for this lesson, aprecciate your work.
59. posted by 3dsmaxguru, Dec 31, 2007 10:03 PM
Simple AND effective! Nice!
thank you!
60. posted by rmcaq82, Feb 28, 2008 6:06 PM
Great work!
Tanks for the lesson!
Real fun!
61. posted by dinobe, Mar 10, 2008 3:08 AM
stunning effect! thank you!
62. posted by Junior7, Mar 10, 2008 5:01 AM
Great Job ^^
63. posted by fehimeren, Apr 5, 2008 12:47 PM
good
i can do for film editing
or
people tewaeker effect
64. posted by surfchik, Jun 13, 2008 7:11 PM
NICE! and quite simple! Thanks.
65. posted by anna_gaby, Dec 17, 2008 8:19 PM
Facil y bonito.
Muy Bien!
66. posted by rrskiran, Mar 25, 2009 11:54 AM
good tutorial
67. posted by frndd, Aug 27, 2009 9:48 AM
nice..good tutorial..
68. posted by boymc, Oct 17, 2009 10:36 AM
nice screen
good tutorial..
69. posted by escan, Aug 20, 2010 3:00 PM
Thanks much for tut:)
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