Introduction
Extending the power of photographic imagery
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Backgrounds and textures for your use
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1. Working with Backgrounds
Different background ideas
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Blending modes for high-key images
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Masking an image
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Photoshop selections and backgrounds
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2. Where Do Backgrounds Come From?
Commercial sources of backgrounds
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Creating your own backgrounds
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3. Working with Textures
Textures are overlays
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Textures and blending modes
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Poetic, romantic, and dreamy effects
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Textures for floral imagery
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Using textures for people photography
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It was a dark and stormy landscape
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4. Licensing and Making Textures
Commercial texture libraries
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Photographing your own textures
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Texture plugin from Topaz Labs
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5. Textures on the iPhone
Post-production workflow on the iPhone
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Mextures app and textures
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Distressed FX for layers and blending
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The full-featured Snapseed app
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Image Blender app for compositing
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Ex_Files_PS_Backgrounds_Textures.zip
(83.5 MB)