I changed the blending mode to Darker Color and Opacity 78%. I brought in the first texture – “Floral Bokeh 3”. Next, I selected the white layer to make it the active layer.

(Option + Delete on a Mac)I added a new layer beneath the branch layer and filled the layer with white. ALT + backspace will fill the layer with white. To make the white the foreground, click the letter “X” to switch. Make your foreground/background color picker the black and white default – hit the letter “D” on your keyboard. I added a new layer beneath the branch layer and filled the layer with white. So…of course I used textures to turn into my own “work of art”!īesides the grey skies, there were other branches and twigs in the background, so I selected the branch with the bud, deleted the background, and saved the file as a PNG to retain the transparent background. It was a grey day with blah skies, but I love the shape of the bud. This Blueberry Bush Bud was taken in my yard this past Spring. CLICK HERE to check out the bundle deal! CLICK HERE FOR THE TOPAZ DEALS! They also have the Utility Bundle on Sale, which includes Gigapixel AI, DeNoise AI, Sharpen AI, and JPEG to RAW for $195.75 (reg. CLICK HERE to go to the Gigapixel AI page on the Topaz website. Those usually start around 4×6″ and Gigapixel lets me create a large image to be used as a texture. Gigapixel is what you need to upsize a small image to anything up to poster sized! I also use it to upsize textures if I’ve cropped a small section from an image or I’ve scanned in textures I created with inks or watercolors. If you do not already own Gigapixel AI, it is on sale through July 7th for $79.99 (reg. If you already own Gigapixel AI, this is a Free update! Log in to your account on the Topaz Labs website, go to the downloads page, and update from there. Topaz has released an update to Gigapixel AI. This update includes a model improvement for better results, a new single-image preview view, new zoom options, and the new “man-made” mode to better enhance the details in cityscapes, typography, and other images with clear outlines and sharp edges. So, don’t be afraid to try different presets and then modify them further with additional textures or other filters! Have fun! There are some white specular highlights on some of the blades of grass – I just used the healing tool in Photoshop to fix those. Next I applied Meredith Images Russet – blending mode Overlay and opacity 40%. First I applied Frosted Almond, changing the blending mode to Soft Light and the opacity to 50%. Select the Category > Meredith Images to narrow down the texture selection. Next I added two Meredith Images textures (included in Studio 2) to the image. With the way that the preset darkened the upper right where the clouds are, I probably could have not bothered replacing the sky! In Studio 2, I used the preset Peeling Paint (one of my favorites!). This keeps the layers you already have, but gives you a merged layer above them. I created a merged layer by the keyboard shortcut Control+Alt+Shift+E. First, I need to have both the sky and the barn on the same layer for Studio to “see” it all. My next step was to bring the image into Topaz Studio 2 to add a preset and some textures. I then brought in my cloud image – this one happened to be taken on the same day! I opened the cloud image as you would a texture, then moved the cloud layer between the two barn layers and positioned like this:

Once selected, hit the delete key to delete the old sky. I duplicated the background layer (turn off visibility of the bottom layer), then I used the Magic Wand tool to select the sky and expanded the selection by 2 pixels (Select > Modify > Expand).

I didn’t get too fussy about it as I knew I would be applying textures later on. The little bit of sky showing was kind of blah, so I replaced it with some clouds. Here is my original image – I did basic corrections in Lightroom: It’s been another busy week (luckily)! I’m working on some new images for the next webinar (July 14th), so I’m re-sharing this first Tutorial Thursday post from last August.

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