Learn-and-Share: Adding Textures To Photos
Aug 14, 2016 13:34:11 #
pfrancke wrote:
an already strange and surreal scene becomes even more so. I really like the vertical slashes/waves complementing the poles. I never would have guessed that they were sourced from the scene you showed - goes to show how readily available textures are for our use!
Another delightful surprise for me when I put them together
Glad you like it, Piet!pfrancke wrote:
Oooooh, you are so right!!Edit - this scene can only be improved by crows and other ghastly things on top of the poles!!!!
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Aug 14, 2016 16:59:49 #
attempting to use textures to unify a composite of five different images.
If I could do this effectively, I would remove their collars and teach them how to howl!!
If I could do this effectively, I would remove their collars and teach them how to howl!!
Aug 14, 2016 18:24:29 #
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The texture works well here to bring the background into better balance with the image itself. I often mask out some degree of the texture effect on the main subject, though seldom all of it, just so it holds together better. Sometimes there are splats and bumps in the texture that don't need to be on faces. But the texture, here, adds to rather than detracts from the image, which is what we want it to do, whether we are going for a subtle effect like Dixie Girls or more grungy effects like I tend to do.
And we can keep the thread going as long as anyone wants to post to it! I was hoping some folks that were new to textures would try it out and post some experiments. As you mentioned, it helps to have some one to share these things with. Also helps keep us from going overboard!
Topaz is just a tool like any other. Any of them can be taken too far. It is possible to totally wreck a photo without ever leaving Lightroom. Understanding the tools and harnessing them to do what you want is always gonna be necessary.
Aug 14, 2016 18:26:03 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
I am fascinated by the forms of the purely functional hops growing apparatus - and photograph them in all seasons and weather. This rather surreal scene, with moonset in heavy fog, shows a new field with just the poles having been installed, not yet with the twine and other supports.
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Very nice use of harvested textures, Linda. I appreciate your showing how you did it, and the before and afters of it.
This is a classy, artistic image worth a print!
Aug 14, 2016 18:27:22 #
pfrancke wrote:
attempting to use textures to unify a composite of five different images.
If I could do this effectively, I would remove their collars and teach them how to howl!!
If I could do this effectively, I would remove their collars and teach them how to howl!!
I somehow knew you were gonna like textures, Piet! They fit your style.
I wish the left most doggy were more unshadowed, though, I almost missed him.
Aug 14, 2016 18:33:50 #
pfrancke wrote:
attempting to use textures to unify a composite of five different images.
If I could do this effectively, I would remove their collars and teach them how to howl!!
If I could do this effectively, I would remove their collars and teach them how to howl!!
I like your choice of background, Piet, but what I like most is how you composed them: one on left, three on right and with those three receding in size. Beautifully done!
Aug 14, 2016 18:35:30 #
minniev wrote:
Very nice use of harvested textures, Linda. I appreciate your showing how you did it, and the before and afters of it.
This is a classy, artistic image worth a print!
This is a classy, artistic image worth a print!
Thank you, Minnie! Treepusher said it reminded him of the Polish Army, so I do appreciate your mention of classy
Jan 11, 2020 21:35:13 #
Mar 16, 2020 14:14:45 #
Here are 2 examples in which I used a textured background as a layer mask then "painted in" the subject. It's tedious and time-consuming but I like the result. Besides, now that corona virus has all of us semi-quarantined, I have lots of time to experiment.
Mark
Mark
Mar 16, 2020 15:03:34 #
mffox wrote:
Sorry for the confusion re my suggestion on where to post, Mark. I forget that not everyone spends hours a day on UHH to learn the intricacies of navigation Here are 2 examples in which I used a textured background as a layer mask then "painted in" the subject. It's tedious and time-consuming but I like the result. Besides, now that corona virus has all of us semi-quarantined, I have lots of time to experiment.
Mark
Mark
Your two creations are lovely!
I'm delighted that you've brought MinnieV's topic back to life. This was the one that first got me interested in textures, and with all the artistry of hers that I've enjoyed over the years, her "Rain Dance" is one of my top 5 favorites. That is partly because I'm very familiar with that particular type of irritation apparatus and would never in a million years have thought to edit the pic that way.
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