Jessica Drossin Demonstrates Editing Photos Using 2 Textures. How to Add Texture Overlays in Photoshop. The Best Free Texture Packs of 2009. There are a few things that a designer can not have enough of in his or her design arsenal, and one of them is textures. So to continue our “Best of 2009″ series, we’ve selected the best free textures from this past year. Since there were so many textures released in 2009 by so many generous people, it is difficult to choose the best. However, we feel the ones here stand out in quality and usefulness, and will be valuable additions to your texture library. You can also check out the rest of the “Best of 2009″ series at the bottom of this article. Grungy Textures Package – Metal – 9 11 Old and Grungy Film Textures Nebulae Grunge Grungy Textures Ultimate Grunge Pack Vintage Textures Floral Vintage III Vintage Damask Vintage V Vintage IV Wood Textures Wood Panels Textures Grungy Dirty Wood Woodwork Paint Textures Painted textures vol. 12 High-Res Watercolor Textures Textures 05 Paint Splatters Paper Textures Japanese Paper Paper Pack 6 Old sheets of paper About the Author Related Posts 10 shares Read More 42 shares.
Mastering Photoshop: Noise, Textures, Gradients and Rounded Rectangles - Smashing Magazine. Advertisement Often, it’s the little details that turn a good layout into a great design; details such as subtle textures, shading and smooth shapes. Photoshop contains a vast array of tools for embellishing a design, but choosing the right one isn’t always easy.
Being the obsessive-compulsives that we are, we’ve conducted a huge range of experiments to determine the benefits and disadvantages of each technique. Here, then, is an obsessive-compulsive’s guide to some frequently used tools and techniques for Web and UI design in Photoshop. Noise and Textures Subtle noise or texture on UI elements can look great, but what’s the best way to add it? Number of layers used: fewer is better.Ability to scale: if the document is resized, will the effect maintain its quality? 1. Using a high amount of noise, setting the layer blending mode to Luminosity and reducing the opacity will yield the most control over the noise with the least disturbance to the underlying layers. 2. 3. 4. Rounded Rectangles.