Photoshop Texture Tutorial - An Autumn Celebration

Hello my friends,

Happiest Wednesday!

As promised I am back with a little selective texturing tutorial.

And while i am here... I wanted to share a few shots from my afternoon photo shoot in our white room.

a heavier textured effect

I brought these lovely fall branches home from the trail today...and just had to photograph them with my antique bleach bottles.

I then played around with different processing....

For all of today's images I used the textures, UggLove and Thursday! I think 'Thursday' is my current fav texture. :)

The main lesson I wanted to share in today's video tutorial is ... even the most intense textures can be soft and subtle.... and oh so right!

xxo, 

p.s. Registration for the Art of Texture Secrets eCourse is now open. Check out the September savings!

p.s.s. I'm in love with Yvonne's DIY at the i-Studio.... You gotta check it out!  

Enough said..... Enjoy!

View the video in Couch Mode HERE.

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Comments

[Sheila R]

Thanks for the great tutorial! Can't wait to try your techniques used.

[Laurie]

Thank you! I just linked my Texture Tuesday post and wish I'd seen this first. But, will give this a try and sure I'll add it to my tool box. I love your Thursday texture too!!!!

[Laurie Jacobsen]

Kim, this was terrific! Just when I think I know everything there is to know about Photoshop - you teach me several new things!!! I just love your work!

[Angie]

Kim, I love your photograph. Sooo pretty and very autumnal in feel. And, thank you for the tutorial. I love you!! You are wonderful. Thanks for everything. :)

[DeLoris]

I love learning the new techniques you are teaching. I really enjoyed this one.
Thank you!
I will put a link to this tutorial on my blog as well as my results.
Hugs,
DeLoris

[JillB]

Great tutorial! Thank you so much for doing this - I've learned so much from you.

[Linda]

Thank you so much for this great tutorial. It is so exciting to learn new techniques! I appreciate all you do!

[Cassie Sheridan]

Kim, You are awesome. I LOVE your textures.

[Sue]

As always, you have such a wonderful, teacherly way to that you show how to do this, so appreciated for us newbies! Blessings and thank you!! You are awesome!

[Yvonne]

Dear Kim,
thank you for this great tutorial!
Hugs,
Yvonne

[Denise]

there is nothing better than autumn love and a few new tips! thanks kim xxo

[DeeLee]

Love what you do and thank you for sharing it with us.
Dee

[espresso9]

Wonderful photos.

[George | Online Printing Services]

The texture of the photo is great and I love it. I appreciate the video tutorial that you posted and I can't wait to try it.

[Joy Gerow]

Thanks Kim, another great tutorial. I always come away inspired. Coming into Fall this will come in handy.
Lovely work, and appreciate your generosity. Now to find the time to produce the umpteen images that are swirling around in my head.
Have a wonderful Thursday!!

[Rosie]

The differences are so subtle when you show us the before and after! I am blown away by that alone, every time I watch one of your videos Kim! Thank you for sharing! =)

[Lynne]

Awesome tutorial on softening the texture by using the gaussian blur filter. Also, just watched the tea tag tutorial and it's pretty cool, too.

[Valerie]

Hi Kim: Another great tutorial. Love the multitude of ways to add texture to a photo. Valerie

[Julie]

Thanks for the great tutorial! I learned a lot.

[Agnes Fegan]

Thanks so much for sharing this Kim ... you are so generous and it's easy to see that you love what you do :)

[Karen O'Donnell]

Thanks so much for this great tutorial and all your lovely textures!

[Meghan Terry]

Best nine minutes of my month in terms of learning- the blur idea is totally new to me, but fabulous because sometimes I can;t mask the texture (due to the color.)

[Jan W]

Thanks Kim - beautiful stuff...I'm am amazed with your awesome "eye" and my husband is still amazed with that "awesome voice". We both enjoy!

[Sabrina]

Thanks, Kim! I love your textures!
I shared your video link on Jessicasprague.com and my FB.

[Tina Case]

thanks for such an amazing website, and fantastic tutorials. I love the textures and demonstrations on how to use them. Thanks!!

[missing moments]

Great tutorial Kim .... someday, I'm going to dive into Photoshop ... problem is just finding the time!

[Elaine]

I love the image from the overhead point of view and I always learn something new from your videos! Seriously thinking of upgrading to CS5 :~)

[Ar~Pic]

Kim,
Every time I get an email from you I feel like it's my b'day or Christmas... =) Such gifts you give us...I cannot WAIT to try this new technique using the Selection tool. How I love growing and learning and you are the most amazing teacher and inspirer (is that a word?) AND ARTIST! Thank you, thank you, thank YOU!!!

[Sweetpea]

I'm fairly new to the whole textures & layers thing, but I found this tute so easy to follow. Thanks, Kim, for all you do to spread the word about creative possibilities - wish I had an additional lifetime to try them all :>]] See you soon in Skinny-Mini!

[Valinda]

Thanks so much for imbedding this video with vimeo! I am thrilled! Vimeo will play on my iPad....I won't have to drive to the friends house with my laptop and view only one video at a time, drive home before the battery went dead to practice, practice, practice! Now I can play the video on the iPad and work along on my laptop, AT HOME! Are any of your other tutorials done using vimeo for the video? I will be trying this one out tonight! ;-)

[Christin]

Hello Kim!
I just want to thank you for your generousity ! Its a great thing you do here on internet....I'm so grateful to be a part of your "skinny " course starting at 26 september. Its gonna be so fun, learning the secrets of texturing photos!
Thank you very much!

All my best
Christin from Sweden

[Marcee]

This is STUNNING!! How do you decide what to take photos of? Your photos are always so gorgeous.

[anne hartman]

Had to laugh when I read Jan W's comment about her husband enjoying your voice. My hubby sits at his computer while I'm playing your tutorials on mine and often says what a beautiful calm and relaxing voice you have.
Thank you once again for your amazing lesson. I just posted my attempt on Flickr. I'm loving this new "trick" of blurring the selection and I never knew you could add transform selection to a selection to the selection tool. Sure makes selecting an area easier, eh?

[Kelly]

Thanks Kim...great tutorial...I love what you do with your images...now i'm gonna go play!!!

[Marti]

Another great lesson, Kim, thanks so much! Love all your textures! I didn't know about dragging the little icon to the layer and am so happy you shared! Photoshop has so many things, that I'll never learn:(

[Lorraine Lewis]

I don't know if my comment came through or not but I wanted to tell you how amazing you are Kim. Thank you SO much for the wonderful things you share with us!
xo Lorraine

[Tricia]

I don't use photoshop, so I'll have to find a tutorial on youtube for the things you've shown here, but it's really beautiful & gives me a better idea of what & how you apply textures & what they're suppose to look like... I tend to really really overdo it, but I'm working on that.

Thank you

[Tammy Davis]

Thank you so much for this wonderful tutorial! I love working with textures, but I know so little about them. I really appreciate learning a new technique.

[Tina Case]

Love Love Love!

[Tina Case]

we just LOVE your blog and your amazing work!! http://www.parentgrapevine.com

[Leanne]

Thanks Kim your videos are always so informative and fun.

[Deb]

Thanks so much for sharing this tutorial, I have been looking for a blending textures one for a while.

[realeoni]

Dear Kim,
Thank you for your video tutorial and for every one of the so beautiful handmade textures....
realeoni

[May Richards]

Thank you Kym for your wonderful turorial...very much enjoyed.

[Kim Bajorek]

Thank you, Kim! Great information on this tutorial!

[Image Masking]

Absolutely outstanding work you have done, really you are a ROCK. Thanks a lot for sharing these awesome tutorial with us !!