Here we are again ... I'm neglecting a little 'tutorial area, I regret it and I'm sorry but unfortunately for me the modern cloning technologies are not yet so reliable and so I was able to create me alter ego of the very efficient to leave it where the other 8000 activities that I am following ... :)
Translated: they are more screwed up than usual!
'nuff said.
Today's tutorial is really easy.
I experienced a new effect on a photo and I thought to share it.
I was asked how did I get this "fabric effect":
Nothing difficult, it is as always to use layers, blend modes and masks.
In this case come into play a couple of filters between the most basic. I used Photoshop but you can get an identical result with both Paint Shop Pro and Gimp.
- First, open the source image and increase margins: Image> Canvas Size (PSP canvas size, canvas size for the English version)
careful to set the ' units from cm pixels.
add a mat of about 100 pixels on each side. For example, if the picture is starting 3000x2000px, 3200x2200px to increase the size
The result is this obscene little frame black (or another color: does not matter because after the cut off) around the photo. I'll explain later why we did this thing. - add a new level of filling a dark but well saturated. I chose dark red.
- Then (important) selecting the layer mask fill , we use the filter " add disorder." We use a value low enough for the disorder (30%) , and the result should be this:
- Always acting on the layer mask, invert the mask: Image> Adjustments> Invert
(with PSP: Adjust> Color Balance> Negative Image )
In this way, "small holes" have now become the red dots - continue to work on the image layer mask, applying an effect of diagonal movement : Filter> Blur> Motion Blur
(with PSP: Adjust> Blur> Motion Blur )
We use a 45 degree angle and strong enough to get some solid lines and irregular
- If we want to emphasize lines, we can always act on the layer mask using the rule of levels of brightness and contrast , or by applying a Unsharp Mask (or three things together)
- Finally, we change the blend mode of the filling level in Multiply
This is the overall effect: we created the streaks similar to the grain of the wood, for stuff we have, the effect something is still missing.
- Duplicate the layer of filling, then the Flip Horizontal :
Paint Shop has the convenient command Image> Flip tipping only the current level, and with Photoshop I use the Move tool activating the check Show controls processing : clicking on one of the squares that surround the image, turn on the boxes with the dimensions. Just set the width
to -100% to flip the image horizontally. - For a different effect, nothing prevents us from choosing a different fill color for the duplicate layer: Here I chose a color ocher
And here's the overall effect.
Why we left the little frame around? It 'easy to say. - will hide the basic level: these are the two fill layers superimposed
When you apply the filter of movement, the pixels near the edge are influenced only in part by the filter, and then remain more visible. Add the margins allows us later to cut them off, leaving this unpleasant "frame" out of the image more opaque.
That's what we're going to do now. A fast - crop, and cut away the parts that do not need:
- If the effect is too flashy, we can act on ' opacity of the two levels of coverage or adjust the brightness of the mask or combine them and go to work in the form of the level generated by ' union of the two filling levels and their masks .
And here is the result of our labors
Beyond the fact that he may please or not applied to this particular photo is a fast effect, very versatile and highly customizable allowing you to give "movement" in areas too "flat."
texture can be used as an emergency in the most disparate. About textures ... I realize that I have not ever talked about how you add a texture.
We will discuss in a future tutorial.
Meanwhile, as always, if you have any questions send me an email or leave a comment!
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