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Watch highlights: https://youtu.be/V3jpF-c8VEY
Do not just rely on stock filters. Learn to create your own unique art. Join Maryellen Stone for this creative demonstration on finding, shooting, and blending your own textures to transform simple photographs into painterly masterpieces.
What You Will Learn
In this 90-minute session, Maryellen walks through her personal creative process and demonstrates the key techniques she uses to create her signature look:
The Scavenger Hunt: Maryellen shares her favourite spots for finding textures in everyday life, from rusting baking trays and peeling paint to concrete floors and fabric.
Shooting Tips: Practical advice on how to photograph your textures, including shooting straight-on and managing glare to ensure they work well as overlays.
Prep & Polish: A walkthrough of how she processes raw texture files, using tools like Desaturate and Levels to create high-contrast assets ready for blending.
Layer Modes: A demonstration of using blending modes like Soft Light, Overlay, and Multiply to mix textures with your original image.
Creative Experiments: How she uses the Invert command to swap blacks and whites, instantly changing the mood of a texture.
Using Masks: How to use Layer Masks and brushes to gently remove texture from specific areas (like a subject's face) to refine the final image.
Who Is This For?
Photographers who want to see a professional workflow for adding textures.
Creatives feeling stuck who want a fun, low-pressure way to experiment.
Anyone tired of buying expensive texture packs who wants to make their own for free.
What People Said:
This session was originally recorded live with an audience of over 150 photographers from around the world (including the UK, USA, Australia, South Africa, and Finland).
- Thank you Maryellen, you have really inspired me to have a go! Hilary
- Really interesting seeing how you build up the layers. Ann
- My mind is blown with the possibilities. Denise
- Fantastic demo, thank you! David
