A Better Method of Adding Texture in Photoshop

By Dawn Pedersen · 04/28/2009 ·

Photoshop’s Other Texture Filters: a Brief Run Through

Here are the other texture filters applied to the meerkat image with the method above. For each one, play with the sliders in the dialog box to get the effect you want.

Grain
Filter > Texture > Grain…

Grain Texture

Mosaic Tiles
Filter > Texture > Mosaic Tiles…

Mosaic Tiles Filter

Patchwork
Filter > Texture > Patchwork…

Patchwork Filter

Stained Glass
First set your foreground color to black or gray (or whatever color you want the “metal solder” to be).
Filter > Texture > Stained Glass…

Stained Glass Filter

Brick
Filter > Texture > Texturizer..
Set Texture: to “Brick”

Brick Filter

Burlap
Filter > Texture > Texturizer..
Set Texture: to “Burlap”

Burlap Filter

Canvas
Filter > Texture > Texturizer..
Set Texture: to “Canvas”

Canvas Filter

Sandstone
Filter > Texture > Texturizer..
Set Texture: to “Sandstone”

Sandstone Filter

P.S. I used a variation of this technique with the canvas texture on several layers and at different settings to get the watercolor paper look in the lobster banner at the top of this page.

Done

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Category: Photoshop, Tutorials

Tags: blend modes, filters, Photoshop, textures

Comments

3 Comments

By Jawanza Hadley, 04/28/2009 @ 11:26 am

This is a great tutorial on textures. I am continually trying to find ways to spruce up my artwork on web pages I design!
By Dawn Pedersen, 04/28/2009 @ 11:41 am

Thanks, Jawanza!