Tutorial #1

how to use textures

Step One:

Choose a picture to work with and paste it.

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

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.

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

Step Three:

I used another texture

and pasted it on top and set it to overlay.

Step Four:

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

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

Step Five:

I decided to use another texture.

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

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.