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Texture Use Guide

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What’s inside 3 . Texture intro and manual instruct ions

4 . Working with the Textures Rock Act ion Set

5 . Screen shots of the Textures Rock Act ion Set

7 . Hello, n ice to meet you! And how to get in contact with Annie.

. Helpful resources, l inks and informat ion

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Tips and Basics for Texture Use Videos

Actions Guides and Install Videos

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How do textures work?Textures can add beautiful dimension and interest to your images … taking an ordinary photo and turning it into a piece of artwork. They

can add not just texture, but beautiful tones as well. Textures are JPEG images that overlay on top of your photo and blend into the image

so the texture details and tones meld with your image to give it a whole new look.

I have a number of tutorial videos showing a demonstration of textures in use. The Basic Texture Application video will show you in

Photoshop how to apply a texture manually, with a quick run through at the end showing the Textures Rock action set which is included for

free with any texture purchase. The Paint the Moon Textures Rock action set makes applying and finessing your textures a breeze, and is

provided in PS and PSE format. You can also purchase this action set separately with a sampler texture set here. There is also a tutorial

video for Elements users showing the use of the Textures Rock action set.

The first thing you need to know about using textures is that textures do not install like an action would. They are simply JPEG files that you

will store on your hard drive in a convenient place.

For manual application (without the Paint the Moon Textures Rock action set): The texture JPEG files will open just like you would

open a photo in Photoshop or Elements. A�er opening your photo you wish to apply texture to, simply open your texture you want to

apply (File > Open) and drag it on top of your photo. Resize the texture to fit the proportions of your image. Then change the blending

mode on the texture layer … my favorite is So� Light. Other blending modes that are popular are Overlay, Hard Light, and Multiply –

highly depending on your style, the texture and your image.

Be sure to play around with the opacity level of the texture layer as well. Since every texture is different in lightness/darkness, contrast and

tone … and every image is individual as well, results will vary from image to image and texture to texture. Playing around with your texture

layer’s opacity and blending mode is key. If you are using the Textures Rock action set, this will give you even more precise control over

what your results are as well.

Things you should know.

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Tips and tricks to get the most out of your textures.

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Working with the Textures Rock Action SetWhen using the Textures Rock actions all of this is done automatically for you, including giving you many options to adjust the texture and

overall look of your image. You can change the tone, the darkness/lightness, the contrast and more. It also gives you an option for

removing the texture from skin while retaining the tone of the texture. This is important because the texture will change the tone and hue

of your image - how strongly depends on your texture and opacity. If you simply erase the texture (or mask it off) from the skin areas the

color difference between your skin areas and the parts of the image still affected by the texture will be obvious. With the Remove Texture

From Skin action you can take off the details (scratches, lines, other details you don’t want to appear on skin) while retaining the same tone

throughout the image and everything will blend seamlessly.

You can do a whole photo processing simply by using a texture and the Textures Rock action set if you wish. All you need to do is install

the Textures Rock action set, open your image and then play the Apply Texture action – it will guide you through the rest. If you are using

the set in Elements, be sure that you *only* have your photo you want the texture applied to open when you start the action.

Play around with the layers in your action. Change the blending mode on the texture layer … my favorite is So� Light. Other blending

modes that are popular are Overlay, Hard Light, and Multiply – highly depending on your style, the texture and your image.

Be sure to play around with the opacity level of the texture layer as well. Since every texture is different in lightness/darkness, contrast and

tone … and every image is individual as well, results will vary from image to image and texture to texture. Playing around with your texture

layer’s opacity and blending mode is key. Remember that not every texture will work with every image. As with any art form, it takes a bit of

(fun!) playing to see what works best.

Things you should know.

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Tips and tricks to get the most out of your textures.

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Working with the Textures Rock Action Set

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Open your image. Play the Apply Texture action and follow instructions.

A�er it’s finished running, adjust the layers to your desired look - turn layers on and adjust opacity as needed. Adjust opacity of Texture layer as needed and change the blending mode as desired. Some popular blending modes are Overlay, So� Light, Hard Light, Multiply ... play with everything to get just the look you’re a�er. Your results will vary from texture to texture and image to image.

If you would like to remove some of the texture detail from skin areas, be sure the overall look of your texture is where you want it (opacities of layers, the layers you want visible, blending mode of texture layer, etc.) and then run the Remove Texture From Skin action. Do *not* flatten before running this second action.

A�er running Remove Texture From Skin you may now simply use a black brush on the Paint With Black layer’s layer mask to erase the texture without removing the tone and hue of the texture so your texture will blend with your image seamlessly. See before and a�er on next page.

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BeforeRemove Texture

From Skin Action

After

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• What exact ly your i ssue is , or where in the insta l la t ion process you are running into a h iccup. The more detai led informat ion I get up f ront , the better and faster I can get you taken care of and star ted us ing and enjoying your new act ions.

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Tips and Basics for Texture Use Videos

Actions Guides and Install Videos

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Save time c r e a t e a r t

What are Photoshop™ actions? Most simply stated, Photoshop™ actions help you make your photos more awsome and do it much faster. The boring ex-planation is that they are a recording of all the commands and steps used to create an effect in Photoshop™ or Elements™. They can be replayed at the click of a button, saving you hours of time in editing as well as creating complex effects with ease. When using actions extensive Photoshop™ processing knowledge is no longer required to get professional, beautiful results and do it quickly so you can get back to doing what you love - taking photos. Watching your images transform before your eyes will have you whistling and singing while editing!

Actions can save you time and take a good (or even a ho-hum) image and turn it into a WOW image in seconds.

Paint the Moon offers Photoshop™ and Elements™ actions to help bring new life to your images and take hours off of your editing time. Offering professional editing tools that help you do everything including professional retouching, essential workflow edits, and beautiful and unique artistic processing ... all at the click of a button. Paint the Moon actions work like magic to make processing amazingly quick and are a breeze to use. Paint the Moon actions are also highly “tweakable” to customize the results for just the right look to fit your image and your style. Many of them are batchable so you can process entire sessions with little interaction and breeze through hundreds of images easily. They help turn your photos into works of ART, taking your images to the next level!

We also offer fine art and vintage textures to add a unique and high end look to your images.

To help guide you through all steps of the editing process, Paint the Moon also has a wide variety of video tutorials available with new ones added regularly. Want to take them for a spin before making a purchase? We have beautiful free actions and textures to try before you buy! Be sure to also stop by our Facebook page for Exclusive free downloads and a supportive, inspiring and warm community of fellow photographers (likepaintthemoon.com).

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