I'm a little late with my Texture Tuesday project, but better late than never! By now, you all know of my passion for all things Maine. I took three of my photographs and turned them into vintage, well-worn postcards.
The first one is the marsh across from Seawall on Mount Desert Island. I used two layers of Kim's Nature's Beauty texture over the photo. Both layers were set to Soft Light at about 70 percent opacity. I used the Vintage Companion texture over top of a layer of off-white for the border. The texture layer was set to Multiply at 80 percent opacity. I applied a brown photo filter the Vintage Companion texture at about 80 percent. The font is Cygnet Round set to Bevel and Emboss down. I reduced the 0pacity to fade it. To give the photo that grainy look that vintage images have, I added added CS5's noise filter and checked the Monochromatic and Uniform boxes. To imitate the look of worn-off color, I used the Eraser tool with various grunge brushes on the photo. I also reduce the saturation of the photo.
My method for the second one is the same.
I took this photo at Stonington Harbor on Deer Isle. My method was a little different. I only used one layer of texture over the photo - Bent Edges, set on Linear Burn at 21 percent. I reduced the saturation of the photo and set the opacity to 94 percent.
If you would like to enjoy all of the beautiful work of Texture Tuesday's participants, head on over to Kim Klassen Cafe. Kim offers free textures if you sign up and wonderful tutorials to get you up to speed in the wonderful world of digital artistry.
Until next time,
I'm a bit late noticing your postcards but have to tell you how much I like them. They are so convincingly 'antique.' Beautifully done!
Posted by: fotogran | Monday, September 26, 2011 at 09:27 PM
These are gorgeous!! If they were available, I'd buy them!!
Posted by: Trece | Monday, September 26, 2011 at 01:18 PM
Very cool Terri! I visited Maine as a young girl and the scenery is beautiful, great job with the photos. I also love texture so it's time for me to go check out the link to Texture Tuesdays! Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: rasz | Sunday, September 25, 2011 at 12:10 PM
Terri,
These "postcards" of Maine really are magnificent! I live in Maine and have many shots I would like to try this technique with. I also use Kim's textures but what you have done here is beyond my scope! Any chance you might want to do a one-on-one with me and walk me throught this!
Nanette
Posted by: Nanette | Saturday, September 24, 2011 at 05:51 PM