I hope all of you had a fabulous Labor Day weekend! I spent most of it dabbling in my studio, of course. Today is Texture Tuesday over at Kim Klassen Cafe. I used one of my photos from Schoodic Peninsula for the challenge. I love the idea of a story board, so I combined that with two of Kim's incredible textures for this week's challenge. I created the composition with Photoshop CS5. I've included a description of techniques, so if you're not a Photoshop or Photoshop Elements user, feel free to ignore it!
Techniques
I began by filling the bottom layer with a solid, weak gray. I used two layers of Cracker Jack 2 under the photo layer. I wanted the crackle to be well-defined without being overpowering, so I adjusted the opacity of the texture layers until I was satisfied. I set the photo layer to multiply. On top of the photo, I used two layers of Serious Magic set to screen. I sized them to fit the photo. To give the photo a more faded look, I reduced its saturation by about 10%. The font is PegsannaHMK set to soft light. There are two layers and I used a drop shadow under one layer. I reduced the opacity of the drop shadow by about 50%. For the color chips, I used the rectangular mask tool to make a small square. I then modified the mask to feather by 20 pixels. I added the color using the pastel brush from CS5's dry media collection. I made four more copies of the color chip and used the eyedropper to select colors from the photo, adding a different color overlay to each chip. I merged the color chip layers and set them to multiply. Finally, I used the eraser tool and a grunge brush to get rid of the photo's hard edge. I condensed the whole composition using the merge visible command.
If you would like to see how all of our digital artists used Kim's textures, just click on the Texture Tuesdays icon in my right sidebar and it will take you to Kim Klassen Cafe. Thank you, Kim, for hosting the challenge and for your wonderful textures!
Until next time,
Ok, you lost me at color chip explanation! Am really trying to understand all of your process ad. Love it so much feathering is also something I heed to read about...can you tell me where the color chips are??! Sori to be so lame!
Jenni
Posted by: Jenni Connolly | Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at 07:07 AM
This is beautiful! I love the texture.
Posted by: Becky | Wednesday, September 07, 2011 at 05:24 AM
Tranquil beauty, love the image, could image walking there. Thanks for sharing the tutorial, I so want to find time to try the color chips/storyboard.
Posted by: Rosebudquilter-Michelle | Tuesday, September 06, 2011 at 11:17 PM
So pretty. I love the story board. This came out very nice.
Posted by: Pat Mark | Tuesday, September 06, 2011 at 06:50 PM
Wonderful work! I love the color palette storyboard.
Posted by: Pat | Tuesday, September 06, 2011 at 06:12 PM
Awesome work!
Posted by: Teresa Schmid | Tuesday, September 06, 2011 at 03:12 PM
This turned out beautifully. I've got to give the storyboard a try.
Posted by: pat | Tuesday, September 06, 2011 at 12:55 PM
Love this - fab photo and textures. I love how the small building is 'hiding' behind the grass!
Posted by: Barb | Tuesday, September 06, 2011 at 11:10 AM
I love this! Great job!
Posted by: emily | Tuesday, September 06, 2011 at 10:24 AM
HI Terri, the photo is gorgeous. I just love old weathered buildings. Thanks so much for the explanation of how you put it all together. I have never made my own color chips but I might give it a try. I like how you used the brush stroke for them.
Posted by: Anita | Tuesday, September 06, 2011 at 10:22 AM
What a beautiful photo with great effects. I don't understand all the editing but I am quite a newby (only had my DSLR for a few weeks)...
Posted by: Liz | Tuesday, September 06, 2011 at 10:04 AM
This is a lovely image! I love the softness you've achieved with the texture, and I really appreciate reading your recipe. You approach with textures is much more thoughtful than the way I do it (slap on a texture and play with blending modes); I am going to study your method and give it a try. Thanks so much for sharing!!
Posted by: Kathleen | Tuesday, September 06, 2011 at 08:48 AM
stunning photo...beautiful processing. thank you for sharing your receipe! love it
Posted by: nancyjean | Tuesday, September 06, 2011 at 08:44 AM
lovely, I want to be there.
Posted by: kelly | Tuesday, September 06, 2011 at 07:37 AM
Love the textured image and your explanation. V
Posted by: Valerie | Tuesday, September 06, 2011 at 06:50 AM
I love your image and really appreciate that you gave a tutorial on how you achieved your final look. I will be experimenting with your recipe.
Posted by: Lauri | Tuesday, September 06, 2011 at 06:42 AM
wonderful image, the texture works so well here!
Posted by: RH West | Tuesday, September 06, 2011 at 05:26 AM
Fabulous photo and I appreciate the description of the process...I love how you did the text and border ... Will have to learn how to do that!.
Jenni
Posted by: Jenni Connolly | Tuesday, September 06, 2011 at 05:14 AM
this looks absolutely fantastic! love the color chart accompanying it!
Posted by: johanna | Tuesday, September 06, 2011 at 02:48 AM
Wow, I love this!! So tranquil. Beautiful editing!
Posted by: Godelieve | Tuesday, September 06, 2011 at 02:44 AM
Really beautiful! I love the storyboard effect, especially with the soft/faded squares!
Posted by: Cedar | Tuesday, September 06, 2011 at 02:10 AM