Tutorial #1

how to use textures

Step One:
Choose a picture to work with and paste it. see example.

It seemed too dark so I pasted it again and
set the top layer (2) to screen example

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Step Two:
Get a texture you like, I chose this one

paste it into the picture
Then I changed the layer/blending mode to saturation. example.

I pasted it again and set it to screen and put a gaussian blur to it (on top, filter>blur>gaussian blur). see example.

Step Three:
I used another texture here

and pasted it on top and set it to overlay. see example.

Step Four:
I am just about done, so i went to flatten the image
(layer>flatten image). example

I wanted to adjust the colors so used color balance
(image>adjust>color balance or simply CTRL+B). example

Step Five:
I decided to use another texture. click

I pasted it, rotated it (edit > transform > rotate 180) and set it to multiply. example

Next, I right clicked the bottom background layer and chose duplicate, I then dragged the layer on top of the layer one and set it to softlight. example

I'm pretty satisfied with how it looks so I'll just stop and flatten. Do not just follow these steps because that's how I did it, it's just an example. There is no "right" way to use textures. You can pick different blending/layer modes, change the opacity, erase parts of it, move them around and much more. final outcome