This week, it's a "back to school" theme for Texture Tuesday. I have no little ones, so it's back to
school for me. I paid for extended
access to Kim and Xanthe's "Behind the Scenes" class. I liked the video Kim did on making a blog
banner. I found a flower image I had in the archives and proceeded to add a
new white layer under it. That's because my rose was smack in the middle of the image and I needed to
extend the canvas of final image to hold the title. I used Kim's "Sandblasted" texture to pull
the image together on that white
layer and texturize out the background in my image. It's just for fun, but I'm always amazed what
textures can do.
1. They can hide a busy background.
2. They can change the color or color cast of an otherwise boring photo.
3. They can pull together disparate images and make them look as if they belong together.
4. They can smooth a rough background.
5. They can give a an image depth and texture.
6. They can make an image look dreamy or dramatic.
You can probably think of many other benefits to using textures in your editing.
Joining Kim's Texture Tuesday linky party. Join us, won't you?
20 comments:
Beautiful - you did a great job!
Wow this is amazing! Very well done and I love the font that you used!
Very nice job with the banner. It looks great!
Love your rose banner, Marilyn. It's so true that textures can add (and hide) so much. I must say, I've gotten a bit lazy in my photo shooting though because I figure I can always fix it in Photoshop with textures!! Hope you had a great weekend. ;->
And it's a beautiful header too!
I Heart textures, too, Marilyn! I haven't completed my TT image yet~~it's my project for today :~)
I love how you brought out so many reasons to texture an image! I love using textures, but never sat and wrote out the reasons. This is perfect. Love your new header!
I'm chomping at the bit to find time to take her class! Someday... You have done an amazing job with your banner. Keep it up!
hello lovely... you did such a beautiful job....
wonderful..... thank you...for sharing...
xo, Kim
Very creative!!!
You make a lot of good points about texture use. And, judging by that banner you're an excellent student. What's the name of the font you used? I really like it.
Exquisite composition, that pretty red rose.
I use textures sparingly these days, but I do love them! Great list Marilyn. :)
Nice banner - you're learning a lot in your classes - good for you!
You've created a lovely blog banner, Marilyn !
Love using textures too :-)
Nice evening,
Sylvia
Love the banner! I'm working on learning how to use textures. Hope I can create something as pretty as this one day!
and they work for iPhoneography too...hint hint!
Beautifully done!
I love textures too :)
Textures are so incredibly versatile, aren't they? I feel like I'm only scratching the surface...
Underbart arbete med dina bilder och texturer. Ha de gott.
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