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You can also use the ones that I shot for you down my street. Now that you have your textures ready to be used, letвЂ™s open them in Photoshop. You can also play with paper, painting, burn some paper (although I recommend being very careful). In this case, the preparation of the texture is fully part of the creative process, to put all those details together to create the image. I simply colored a piece of paper with a blue pencil crayong to have those lines and a texture effect. Therefore I created the following texture to be added to the clouds. For example, in the picture A Blue Tale (above) I wanted to play with a pencil color effect. When you look for a specific effect you can make your own specific textures.

In Brussels it is freezing cold and rainy during the winter, so maybe you are the same as me, you do not want to go outside.

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I found many good textures for free online, so it is my way to pay forward this kind of generosity I found among photographers.

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To help you start your own textures library, you can find a link to download some textures you can use for free at the bottom of this article. This way the texture will be more homogeneous on your final image (and as you will see later in this same article you can adjust the texture in many ways). Also, you want to make sure everything is more or less sharp, so pay attention to your focus, depth of field, and angle from which you are shooting. When shooting your texture, pay attention to your exposure compensation, as you want to have a contrasty, image to get more difference between the darks and lights. You can use stones, such as marble or granite, but also canvas or any other fabric with a nice texture as well. You are looking for whatever has scratches, and can add an organic and natural feeling to your work. You can also find metal objects with great texture and colors. Look for some old painting on the walls, wood on the doors, or any bench in the street. You only have to take a walk with your camera to find textures. It is very easy to find great textures around you and build you own texture stock. Okay sometimes you will feel weird because people will not understand what you are shooting down on the pavement, nor they will see the point in photographing an old and dirty rain gutter. Shooting your own textures can be very fun, and a great creative exercise. But, I must say that so far I have never had any issues regarding textures size, even when printing my work in large format. You will mainly find small files, not always the best to work with. The textures you will find online for free, are not always at high resolution. This is east, and sometimes helpful, although you can have copyright issues. You can find many free textures online, for example on Deviant Art, or on any stock photo website.

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In this article I will explain how to create your own textures, then how to edit them to have infinite creative possibilities.

You will really love this effect, it can be used in your personal work, and also sometimes in your commissioned work when you have some creative freedom over the result.ДЄdding a texture overlay is very easy. It also creates a timeless feeling, especially useful when you want to give a vintage look to your pictures. It adds another dimension of depth in the image it makes it dreamy and adds a painting flavor. Adding a texture overlay to your images is an amazing creative tool.

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