Changing the texture of a given object. How to apply textures correctly in Photoshop

This lesson will help you install new textures (patterns) for the Adobe Photoshop CC 2017 version. For other versions the algorithm will be the same.

To get started, download a file with new textures from our website or from the Internet and unpack it if it is in the archive.

Go to Manage Sets

Next, open Photoshop and go to the main menu at the top of the screen to the tab Editing -Sets- Set management(Edit - Preset Manager). The following window will appear:

The button next to the first pointer (in the form of a small arrow) allows you to select the type of add-on you want to install - brushes, textures, shapes, styles etc.

The button next to the second pointer shows the types of addition.

Loading patterns into Photoshop

Click on the small arrow and in the drop-down list, by pressing the left mouse button, select the type of add-on - Patterns(Patterns):

A new window appears. Here you indicate the address of the downloaded file with textures. This file is located on your desktop or placed in a special folder for downloaded add-ons. In my case, the file is located in the "Backgrounds" folder on the desktop:

Press again Download(Load).

Now, in the “Manage Sets” dialog box, you can see at the end of the texture set the new textures we just loaded:

Note: if there are a lot of textures, move the scroll bar down and new textures will be visible at the end of the list

That's all, Photoshop has copied the specified texture file into its set. You can use it!

Together with you I installed new textures for myself! Let's see what happened!

Amazing!

If your texture is in JPG or PNG format,then you don’t need to download it as patterns, just open such a file in the program How document and use it for work by dragging it into your work.

In this work, you will learn how to quickly change the texture of a material, using a mask, which will be applied only in a given area. In this work, you will learn how to quickly change the texture of a material, using a mask, which will be applied only in a given area. This method is good because you don’t need to know special methods for using all possible effects. We will complete all the work in just 11 steps.

Before image:

Image after:

Let's get started.

() Open the image, which we will edit

(1) The first thing we need to do is separate the jacket from the main layer, and move it to a new layer. To do this, you need to use any convenient method for selecting a fragment of the image. In this case I used the tool Magnetic Lasso

(2) Now we have selected the selection tool. Let's select the object we need, that is, the jacket

(3) Once you've selected the area you want, make sure you're positioned on the jacket layer.

(4) Go to the tab Editing

(5) In the menu that opens, select Copy combined data or you can do the same command by pressing Shift+Ctrl+C

() Press the key combination Ctrl+V, in order to create a new layer on which one jacket will be located

(6) Open the file with the texture you want to apply to the jacket. Choose a tool Moving

(7) Transfer the texture to the image.

(8) Move the texture layer above the jacket layer, making sure the texture covers the entire jacket.

(9) Move the mouse cursor between the texture and jacket layers. The cursor should look like two intersecting circles. Now left-click to trim the excess areas

(10) Make sure you select the texture layer. Change Layer blend mode. In this tutorial I used Color Dodge(lightening the base). But I advise you to experiment and choose the most suitable method.

(11) Lower Layer opacity with texture. I demoted to 50% .

Well, that's all. I hope you have learned new skills and techniques. I hope they help you in your future projects!

P.S. Experiment as much as possible, and then you will master great skills and achieve great success!

Fonts... The eternal concern of Photoshoppers is to make texts attractive. This is required by various circumstances, for example, the need to beautifully sign a photo or other composition. There are a lot of decoration options - from searching and applying ready-made styles (or creating your own) to using textures and layer blending modes.

Today we’ll talk about how to stylize text by applying texture to it. All textures used in this tutorial were found on the Internet and are in the public domain. If you plan to use the created image for commercial purposes, then it is better to buy such images on specialized sites - stocks.

Before you start styling the text, you need to decide on the composition (background image and texture). It is necessary to understand that the overall atmosphere of the image depends on the choice of constituent elements.

The following stone wall was chosen for the background:

We will make the text granite using the appropriate texture.

Arranging textures on the canvas

Writing text

So, the inscription has been created, you can start applying texture to it.

Texturing a font

1. Move the layer with the text under the layer with the granite texture. The text will disappear from view, but this is temporary.

2. Press and hold the key ALT and press LMB on the border of words (top texture and text). The cursor should change shape. With this action we will “bind” the texture to the text, and it will be displayed only on it.

Layers palette after all actions:

Result of applying granite texture to text:

As you can see, the texture “stuck” to the inscription. All that remains is to give the text volume and completeness to the entire composition.

Final processing

We will do the final processing by applying styles to the text layer.

1. Let's start with volume. Double-click on the text layer and, in the style settings window that opens, select the item called "Embossing". Let's pull the slider size a little to the right and depth let's do it 200% .

2. In order for our inscription to “separate” from the wall, let’s move on to point "Shadow". Corner let's choose 90 degrees, bias And size- By 15 pixels.

Let's take a look at the final result of applying texture to text:

We received a stylized granite inscription.

This was a universal way to apply textures to any objects edited in Photoshop. Using it, you can texture fonts, shapes, selected areas filled with any color, and even photographs.

Let's finish the lesson with a few tips.

1. Choose the right background for your inscriptions, since the overall impression of the composition depends on the background.
2. Try to use high-quality, high-resolution textures, because unnecessary blurriness may appear during processing (scaling). Of course, you can sharpen the texture, but this is already extra work.
3. Don't style your text too much. Styles can give the inscription an excessive “plasticity” and, as a result, unnaturalness.

That's all, master the techniques described in this lesson to get high-quality stylized texts.

In this tutorial on creating special effects in Photoshop, we will learn the basics of layer blending and learn how to apply any texture to a photo. This is a simple but very effective way to make an ordinary photo more creative and impressive. We'll explain how to quickly switch between blending modes to find the one that suits you best, how to blend only the brightness values ​​to keep the original colors in your photo, and how to invert the brightness.

As a texture, the author of the lesson, Steve Patterson, took old paper, shot on a simple point-and-shoot camera. Texture can be found everywhere. It can be an interesting pattern on a leaf or stone, clouds in the sky, a wooden surface, a rust stain or frost patterns on windows. In addition, texture can be obtained by scanning various things, for example, covers of old books, maps, crumpled paper, or even a piece of fabric or carpet. Of course, you can find textures on the Internet.

Here is the original photo that we will process:

And this is the texture that we will apply to it:

This is what we get in the end. We made a couple of additional adjustments, which we'll talk about at the end of the lesson:

Let's get started!

Step 1: Select and copy the texture

Having opened both the original image and the texture in Photoshop, we will transfer it to a document with a photograph. The easiest option is copy and paste. Make sure the window containing the texture is active, open the menu Select at the top of the screen and then All. You can also click Ctrl+A(Win) / Command+A(Mac) on keyboard:

This way we select the entire texture. A selection outline appears around its perimeter:

After this you need to open the menu Edit, located at the top of the screen, and then Copy, or click Ctrl+C(Win) / Command+C(Mac) on keyboard:

Step 2: Insert the texture into the document containing the photo

After copying the texture to the buffer, go to the window with the photo and go to the menu again Edit, but this time we choose Paste or click Ctrl+V(Win) / Command+V(Mac) on keyboard:

Photoshop will insert the texture into the document, or rather, into a new layer that will be located above the photo. Depending on the size of the document with the texture, it may completely cover the photo, but if you look in the layers panel Layers Panel, it is clear that the original is preserved in the layer Background, and the texture turned out to be higher, in a new layer with the name Layer 1:

Now the photo and texture are on different layers of the same document

Step 3: If necessary, change the size of the texture using the tool Free Transform

If the photo and texture dimensions don't match, you may want to align them. Photoshop allows us to do this using the command Free Transform. Open menu Edit at the top of the screen and select Free Transform or click Ctrl+T(Win) / Command+T(Mac) to invoke the same command from the keyboard:

Photoshop will place a frame with handles around the texture (these are small squares on its borders). If, as in our case, the texture area is larger than the photo, it may be better to switch to one of Photoshop's full-screen views. To do this you need to click F on the keyboard (when you're done, you can go back by pressing a couple more times F). Pull any of the handles and give the texture the desired size. Since there is nothing in this image except the texture itself, distorting the proportions usually does not harm, but if you want to preserve them, you must hold down the key while moving the corner handles Shift. When finished, click Enter(Win) / Return(Mac) to accept the changes and exit Free Transform:

Change the texture dimensions using Free Transform

Step 4: Select a Tool Move Tool

Choosing a tool Move Tool which is located at the top of the Photoshop Tools panel. This can also be done by pressing the key V. We're not actually going to use it, but in this case, this step is necessary to be able to quickly switch between layer blending modes: this will allow us to understand which one will provide the best results for a particular shot and texture.

What does this have to do with the instrument? Move Tool you ask? It's just that depending on the tool you select, the hotkeys on your keyboard may not work. When choosing a tool Move Tool everything works as it should, and since Move Tool located at the very top of the toolbar, the easiest way to use it is:

Step 5: Switch Between Layer Blending Modes

The layer blending option is in the top left corner of the layers panel. The default mode is Normal, that is, the top layer does not mix with the bottom or bottom layers in any way, which is why the texture currently overlaps the photo:

Clicking on Normal, you will see a list of other options - Multiply, Screen, Overlay etc. It will be much faster to scroll through them using hot keys. While holding Shift + Alt(Win) / Shift + Option(Mac), press plus (+) or minus (-). Plus switches to the next mode in the list, and minus- to the previous one. For example, if while holding Shift + Alt(Win) / Shift + Option(Mac), you click on plus once, then switch from Normal on Dissolve:

Perhaps the effect of mixing in the mode Dissolve will be uninteresting, but you will certainly like some other mode. We'll press plus several more times, still holding Shift + Alt(Win) / Shift + Option(Mac) to get to the mode Multiply:

With option Multiply This creates an interesting, albeit dark, overlay:

I'll press plus several more times, reaching the mode Screen:

Blend mode is currently selected Screen

The result is also interesting, this time it turned out much lighter than in the Multiply:

Clicking plus a few more times, I get to the option Overlay:

Overlay also often gives an interesting result when applying texture; here light and dark areas are combined, and the image ends up with more contrast:

As a rule, the most interesting results when applying textures are achieved using the modes Multiply, Screen, Overlay, Soft Light, and also Hard Light; We recommend that you try them all to understand which option is best suited to achieve your goal. In this situation, we consider the optimal mode Screen, but you can choose another option.

Step 6: Reducing the Color Saturation of the Texture

At the moment, not only the texture itself appears in the photograph, but also its color. This may be what you want, since mixing colors on different layers can give interesting results, but if you want to preserve the original colors of the photo, you will have to remove the color from the texture. The easiest way to do this is to lower its saturation. At the top of the screen, select Image, then Adjustments and finally Desaturate. You can also click Shift + Ctrl + U(Win) / Shift + Command + U(Mac) on keyboard:

Team Desaturate immediately removes color from the layer, making it essentially black and white. This is not the best option for converting a photo to black and white, but in this case it is quite sufficient. Looking at the texture layer thumbnail (Layer 1) in the layers panel, we will see that it has lost color:

Once the color is removed, only the tonal brightness of the texture is blended into our photo. For comparison, let's look at the image again after setting the blending mode Screen:

And here's what it looks like after we've removed the color from the texture:

Step 7: Inverting the Texture

Before you are satisfied with the result, you can try to invert the texture by changing the brightness to the opposite one. What was dark will become light, and vice versa. At the top of the screen, select Image, then Adjustments and finally Invert. You can also click Ctrl + I(Win) / Command + I(Mac) on keyboard:

This is what our photo looks like after inverting the brightness of the texture. According to the author of the lesson, Steve Patterson, the photo began to seem old and faded:

Step 8: Reduce the Opacity of the Texture

Finally, if the texture seems too prominent, you can reduce its appearance by lowering the layer's opacity. This option Opacity, is located directly opposite the Blending Modes at the top of the Layers panel. The default value is Opacity 100%, but the more you lower it, the more the original photo will appear. We will reduce the value Opacity up to 50%:

The texture now looks more delicate:

Since in our case texture makes the photo look older and faded, there are a few other things we can do to enhance this effect. First, you can blur the image a little. To do this, select in the layers panel Background, then quickly create a duplicate layer by clicking Ctrl+J(Win) / Command+J(Mac). Thus, we get copies of the photo that we will work with without damaging the original:

Now I'm blurring the layer Background copy using a filter Gaussian Blur. On the menu Filter at the top of the screen I select Blur, then Gaussian Blur:

A dialog box will open Gaussian Blur. We only want a slight blur, so set the radius to around 1.5 pixels:

Click OK, The dialog box closes, at which point Photoshop performs a slight blur:

Finally, create a new layer to reduce the color saturation of the image. Click on the icon New Adjustment Layer at the bottom of the layers panel:

From the list that appears, select Hue/Saturation:

In Photoshop CS4 and later (CS5 is used in this tutorial), options for adjusting Hue/Saturation will appear on the panel Adjustments. In earlier versions they open in a separate dialog box. To reduce color saturation, you need to lower the value Saturation to about -50, moving the slider to the left:

Move the Saturation slider to the left - this will reduce the color saturation in the image

If we had Photoshop CS3 or earlier, we would have clicked OK, to close the dialog box (close panel Adjustments not required in CS4 or later). Now we see the final result after reducing color saturation:

End result

That's it! You're now familiar with the basics of texture mapping in Photoshop using blending modes!

Source - photoshopessentials.com

Hi all! It's been a long time since we photoshopped. So today I'll tell you how to apply a texture in Photoshop to a photo, text, or selected area of ​​an object to create a stunning effect. This is not difficult to do. All you need to do is follow a few simple steps. Moreover, it doesn’t matter to us what version you have: CS6, CC or any other. Personally, I work in Photoshop CC 2018, and in this regard it is no different from others.

Let's try to improve this photo of a guy and a girl by adding a water drop texture to them. To find photos, you can search through Yandex or Google images. Just enter something like "Texture of water drops". Once the images are prepared, we load them one by one into Photoshop.

As you can see, the effect is amazing. The photo immediately looks much more alive.

Applying a complex texture to a selected area

If in the previous example we overlayed a translucent photo to achieve a certain effect, now we will have to work a little. The fact is that now we will completely change the coverage of the object using the example of a car. Remember how we are? So we have to work in a similar style, only instead of color we will make a new pattern. Let's say I take this photo of a car and this water texture.

1. Load both images into Photoshop, just make sure that the water texture layer is higher than the car. And be sure to rasterize the water layer. To do this, right-click on the water layer and select “Rasterize Layer”.
   
2. Now, you can make the water layer invisible by clicking on the eye. At this stage, he will only hinder us.
   
3. Next, we need to select the car itself with any convenient tool. I prefer to work with . Try using it too. First, select the entire car except for the wheels. Don't forget to zoom in ( CTRL And + ) to make the selection more accurate.
4. There will probably be some details that do not need texture overlay. We will need to remove the ear. To do this, in mode "Magnetic lasso", look for the function in the tool properties "Subtract from Selection".
   
5. Now let’s calmly select unnecessary objects inside, such as glass, door handles, bumpers, etc. Don't worry. You won't lose anything.
   
6. Next, right-click inside our selected area and select “Copy” to a new layer. A new layer will be created right above the car layer with only the car body that we have selected. The selection can now be deselected by pressing the combination CTRL+D.
   
7. Now, we will need to make the body copied to a new layer black and white. This is important. For this you can use . But I recommend that you go to the menu "Image" - "Correction" - "Black and White". As you can see, the body has become B/W, but everything else remains the same.
   
8. Now, let's activate the selection of our body. To do this, go to the layer with the black and white detail and hold down the key CTRL Click on the layer thumbnail. When you hover, your cursor should change.
9. And now the image of water comes into play. Without removing the selection, click on the eye, activating the display of the texture. After that, invert the selection by pressing the key combination SHIFT+CTRL+I. After a successful operation, you should see a selection around the perimeter of the canvas.
   
10. Now, being on the water layer, press the button DELETE to remove everything that is not included in the selected area. You can then remove the selection ( CTRL+D). As you can see, water now covers the body, but it looks somehow unnatural. This is decided.
    
11. You will need to select Overlay or Soft Light in the Blending Options. Then you will be surprised how your machine has changed.
    

Looks like the real thing.

Moreover, if you play with brightness or color tone ( CTRL+U), then you can consider various interesting variations of the transformation. Just check the Toning mode and move the sliders.

You can do similar overlay effects not only with cars, but also with any other items and objects.

Applying textures to text

But to apply a texture to text in Photoshop, you need to do completely different things. You don’t need to download any pictures, but a set of patterns would be nice. But in Photoshop there are several standard sets. Therefore, first we will look at them, and then we will learn how to download new ones.

As you can see, it turned out quite interesting.

But not everyone knows that this is not the whole set. If you click on the gear when choosing a pattern, you can select one of the existing sets. The choice there is much more interesting. Plus, you can zoom in and out of the pattern to see what works best.

For example, I put a natural pattern.

How to upload a new pattern?

Naturally, you won’t get by with standard patterns, so we’ll upload new ones. For this we need so-called sets in the format PAT. They are not difficult to find. It is enough to type something like this into any search engine “Download patterns for Photoshop pat”. Well, if you're lazy, you can take them from here. There are a lot of interesting sets here.

1. After we have downloaded the set with patterns, unpack the archive.
2. Next, go to Photoshop and select the menu "Editing"— “Sets” — "Manage Sets".
3. In the window that opens, select “Patterns” from the “Set type” drop-down menu. After that, click on the “Download” button.
4. We will be presented with a file selection in Explorer in the directory "Adobe Photoshop/Presets/Patterns". For greater convenience, I recommend saving the downloaded sets in this folder. After that, select the file with the set that you downloaded.

As you can see, there are now many more different patterns. And the most important thing is that you can apply these textures directly to the text in the same way as we did above.

Your own texture for text

Well, if you are not satisfied with the sets of patterns and you want to apply a texture in Photoshop with your picture or photo, then you can easily do this too. In fact, I will not repeat myself, because essentially the whole process is identical to how we pulled the background onto the car. But here everything is even easier, since you don’t have to turn off the visibility of the layer and use the selection tools.

That is, it all comes down to the following steps:

It's simple. Now your text has a unique cover. Great, right?

Of course, if you want to deeply study Photoshop and learn how to use it well in a matter of weeks, then I recommend that you watch these awesome video tutorials. Thanks to them, you will click Photoshop like nuts.

Well, this is where I end my article for today. I hope you found it interesting. Well, I recommend that you subscribe to my blog and join my public pages on social networks so as not to miss the release of a new interesting article. Good luck to you. Bye bye!

Best regards, Dmitry Kostin.