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Painting with an Eraser
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By Rick Wetzel
Recently, I was going though pictures from my last vacation. Many of the snapshots were typical tourist fare. Great for memories but not worth framing and hanging on the wall. But with Photoshop and a texture or two, you can paint your way closer to that elusive masterpiece. The first photo is a detail shot in Munich, where I started with step 1.
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Step 1
Choose your picture! Sometimes you can't get the view you want and have to settle for a less than perfect shot. In the picture on the left, I would have preferred a more straight on graphic look and I would have also preferred a bit more texture. But with Photoshop and my German photographic textures, I was able to accomplish my goals quickly and easily.
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Step 2
With Photoshops Edit>Transform>Skew command, I was able to change the point of view of my photograph. Knowing you can cheat, can be a real benefit on location. With the Rubber Stamp tool, I was able to remove the window sill at the top edge of picture.
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Step 3
With the texture behind your photograph, use your Magic Wand and select the areas that you want to paint with the eraser tool.
Double click the eraser tool to open the Options window. Select the Paint Brush with 35% opacity.
Now you can paint away in your selected area to reveal the texture below.
Granite image - Patterns & Textures from Germany
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Step 4
Select a texture that you want to "paint" in. I choose a file from my new Patterns and Textures from Germany CD - a piece of Granite. For this tutorial, I chose a 72 DPI file. I wanted the texture to be tight on such a small image. If I had picked a 300 DPI image, the texture would have been larger.
Copy and paste your texture, on its own layer and move it behind your photograph.
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I finished off this image by creating a simple white border between the photo and granite. This technique also works great with my Watercolor and Pastels.
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