Applying textures - the creative tutorial

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Applying textures in Photoshop - the creative tutorial for atmospheric photo effects

Textures and overlays create atmosphere, immerse your photos and images in spectacular plays of light or add completely new motifs and structures. Have you never used textures before, are you dissatisfied with the results so far or are you looking for inspiring image ideas? Then welcome to a creative tutorial in which trainers Marco Kolditz and Stefan Riedl use Photoshop to develop the finest image and layout experiences. Over 120 minutes: How to use textures effectively in your photo and image editing as well as in graphic design.

How-to & inspiration: Creative tutorial on using textures and overlays in Photoshop
How to create atmospheric photo and image effects with textures and develop graphic designs
The techniques you use to realistically (and surrealistically) incorporate new motifs into your pictures
Methods and tricks for seamlessly merging textures and images
Practical examples: Incorporating snowflakes and autumn leaves; making a tree fiery; placing a photo as if painted on a textile structure; creating lighting moods; creating a poster
Over 120 minutes by Marco Kolditz and Stefan Riedl, including textures to go with it
Many of the Photoshop techniques can also be transferred to programs such as GIMP or Affinity Photo

As if from a single mold! These prime examples will keep you on your toes in your future use of textures - from now on, you can really put textures to work!

Details

Usable with:
content: 2 h Video training
Licence: private and commercial Rights of use
Bonus: including working material

Examples of use

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The right texture kick for your pictures: You'll have it after this tutorial.
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Example: Create a new lighting mood in your photos, including shimmering particles.
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Emphasize the atmosphere of your image with the help of textures
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Example: Create your own look and create an exciting atmosphere.
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Use textures to create an intoxicating poster - you will develop this example during training.

Apply textures creatively in Photoshop

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Using textures creatively in Photoshop: 1 Creating atmosphere with dust and snow

In this video, video trainer Marco Kolditz explains how to create more atmosphere in an image with the help of dust and snow images and with the additional help of appealing color adjustments.

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Applying textures creatively in Photoshop: 2 Giving an image a surface structure

Watch this video to learn how textures can be used to give an original photo an appealing structure - for example a stone, cloth or fabric structure.

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Applying textures creatively in Photoshop: 3 fire overlays to use

In this video, video trainer Marco Kolditz explains how to make a dry tree burn using fire overlays and how to add smoke to the image.

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Applying textures creatively in Photoshop: 4 Using grids in front of scenes

In this video, you'll learn how to cleverly cut out a grid texture, add this grid to an existing scene and make it appear rusty.

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Using textures creatively in Photoshop: 5 Cut out foliage and incorporate it into the image

In this video, you will learn how to cleverly crop individual leaves against a white background, optimize the cropping significantly and incorporate the cropped leaves into an autumnal image.

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Using textures creatively in Photoshop: 6 ways to use light leaks and bokehs

With the help of light leaks and bokehs, a photo can be given a much more exciting atmosphere - find out how to use light overlays optimally in this video.

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Applying textures creatively in Photoshop: 7 milk textures on objects

In this exciting video, video trainer Marco Kolditz explains how to create an interesting milk snail using milk photos.

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Using textures creatively in Photoshop: 8 techniques for using textures in graphic design, example Barcelona poster

In this intensive video training, I show you various ways of using textures in graphic design. The focus here is on a poster that is enhanced with different textures. Blending modes, clipping masks and layer masks are used here, with the help of which we use numerous textures to give the poster a "golden finish".

The font used for the design is Helvetica Neue.

Have fun and good entertainment
Your Stefan

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Details of the content

The right texture kick for your images
Your image or design has something, but it's still missing that little something extra? Then use textures to conjure up snow and fire, light and textiles, even sparkling milk effects and falling leaves! In this creative tutorial by Marco Kolditz and Stefan Riedl , you can find out how to do this and which settings you can use to create the desired atmosphere, a new look and a very special lighting mood.

Instructions and inspiration - applying textures to photos and images

Over 120 inspiring minutes await you, in which practical example follows practical example. You will encounter clear instructions and creative image ideas along the way. Always in view: No matter which texture is applied to which image, in the end the newly incorporated effects and motifs should look seamlessly convincing, just as if the editing had never taken place.

Photoshop in action - editing methods for effective image experiences

Texture plus photo equals effect - this calculation always works. However, the question remains as to whether the result also looks coherent - a question that you will confidently answer in the affirmative after this tutorial:

Marco Kolditz explains how to use a wide variety of textures in a targeted manner . Some textures, such as a sunlit light beam, are applied to your image using blending modes. For other textures, however, such as falling autumn leaves, it is advisable to crop them first. You can learn how to create outstanding photo effects in the tutorial.

Once the new image elements are in your photo, refine their position, alignment and size. Transformation and deformation are the order of the day - until one image fits perfectly on top of the other ...

For a harmonious overall impression, coordinate aspects such as brightness, color and depth effect. Learn step by step how to use tonal value correction, gradation curves, masks, saturation, filters and many other Photoshop tools to give your images a spectacular texture kick .

The practical examples in the tutorial - image ideas that will inspire you!

In the course of the tutorial, trainer Marco Kolditz will show you how he enhances different photos with a wide variety of textures. Among other things:

Adding falling snowflakes and a cool sun flare to a frosty shot to create a more wintry atmosphere. A photo is painterly applied to a cloth with a textile texture. A tree flares up in flames and lets billows of smoke rise. A grid texture is first cut out, worked into the picture and then overlaid with a rust effect for refinement. Finally, a snail is given a completely new skin with the help of a milk texture.

Textures are included as working material so that you can apply what has been shown to your own pictures . Take a look at our textures category and discover the wide range of editing options that result from using textures.

Textures in graphic design: How to create a poster

Fancy a bonus? In his tutorial, Stefan Riedl shows you how you can use textures in graphic design to create fascinating layouts. He uses blending modes, clipping masks and layer masks to create a poster with the Barcelona look that is really worth seeing.