Use advanced texture blending techniques

Combine your photographs with textures more creatively using layer masks and blending modes

On the previous pages we explored the Quick editing mode's Textures panel. This creative new tool provides us with a quick way to mix photos and textures together, but it only has a few textures to play with. As a result these preset textures are likely to pop up in lots of people's work. To make your textured images look more unique, capture your own textured surfaces such as pealing paintwork or crumbling brickwork. You can then use Photoshop Elements' Layers panel and its wide collection of blending modes to creatively combine your `found' textures with photographs of people or places to enhance them artistically. 1 Open the source images Open ty_elements15.jpg and ty_elements30.jpg. The shot of pealing paint has a lower resolution than our high-quality studio shot, so we'll…

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