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This is a small portion of one of my new Digital Pastels. As it is, its quite nice. But for the sake of this tip, I wanted to see what kind of mileage I could get out of it. Obviously, I could ghost the image or change the color balance but for this tip, I wanted to keep the same color and value.
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In this first example, I chose Select>Color Range and isolated a blueish color. I then copied and pasted it on a new layer. By choosing Effects>Drop Shadow, I was able to add dimension and an interesting organic look to my original background.
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The second effect was a simple. I went to Image >Adjust >Posterize... and chose the level 8. In this case, level 8 refers to the number of colors in the resulting image.
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As in the first tip, I chose Select>Color Range and isolated a blueish color. I then copied and pasted it on a new layer. This time however, I chose the original background layer and chose Filter > Texture >Craquelure. I then faded the Craquelure to 45 %. By keeping this effect on the first layer, I was able to keep the mechanical quality of this filter to a minimum.
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Another simple one. This time a marblized paper look. I went to Filter >Distort > Wave. I used the default settings and choose not to Fade te effect.
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Sometimes texures are just too subtle. If you want to keep the values and colors of your texture the same, try adding noise! That's Filter > Noise > Add Noise.
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This last technique is a little different. I've gone to the channels palette and selected the blue channel. I then chose Filter > Stylize > Emboss... Once again more dimension!
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